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What are the factors associated with people with advanced dementia refusing assistance with personal care?
- Source :
- International journal of geriatric psychiatryREFERENCES. 38(1)
- Publication Year :
- 2022
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Abstract
- BACKGROUND: People with dementia sometimes refuse assistance with personal care activities such as washing or dressing. We aimed to investigate the factors associated with refusals of care in advanced dementia. METHODS: a cross-sectional study using informant-based measures. Participants were people with advanced dementia and their caregivers (family carers or care-home staff) (n=260, 130 dyads) in the UK. Mixed effects linear models were used to examine the effects of neuropsychiatric behaviours, ability with activities of daily living, professional input, co-morbidities, psychotropic medications, environment modifications, and caregiver factors including type and training status on refusals of care. The Refusal of Care Informant Scale was used, range 1-13; higher scores indicate more refusal behaviours. RESULTS: higher independence in activities of daily living was associated with less refusal behaviours (coefficient = -0.11, p
- Subjects :
- Psychiatry and Mental health
Geriatrics and Gerontology
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Details
- ISSN :
- 10991166
- Volume :
- 38
- Issue :
- 1
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- International journal of geriatric psychiatryREFERENCES
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....1c3e0ab42ccd7a29f2fbad70fa8cdb21