@article{ref1,
title="Agitated behaviors among elderly people with dementia living in their home in Taiwan",
journal="Clinical interventions in aging",
year="2018",
author="Huang, Huei-Ling and Shyu, Yea-Ing L. and Hsu, Wen-Chuin",
volume="13",
number="",
pages="1193-1199",
abstract="BACKGROUND/AIMS: Limited research has been conducted on agitated behavior in Taiwan and dementia among community-dwelling elderly. Therefore, this study focused on community elderly with dementia and a factor analysis of an inventory of their agitated behaviors was conducted. <br><br>PATIENTS AND METHODS: Participants (N=221) completed the Chinese Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory, community form. Item analysis and exploratory factor analysis assessed reliability, validity, and the underlying factor structure. <br><br>RESULTS: Five factors were extracted and accounted for 44.53% of the total variance. This study classified agitated behaviors into 5 main subtypes: physically agitated behaviors, destructive behaviors, verbally agitated behaviors, handling things behavior, and aggressive behaviors. <br><br>CONCLUSION: The results indicate that differences in the agitated behavior of elderly with dementia exist with respect to cultural background and setting. This novel research and its findings serve as a reference for assessing the agitated behaviors of elderly with dementia living in their homes. Applications may exist for other countries with Chinese/Taiwanese populations.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1176-9092",
doi="10.2147/CIA.S160243",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.2147/CIA.S160243"
}