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P4‐382: NAMASTE CARE PROGRAM FOR ADVANCED DEMENTIA: IMPACT ON PERSONS WITH ADVANCED DEMENTIA (PWAD), CAREGIVERS AND HEALTHCARE STAFF
Author(s) -
Ali Noorhazlina,
Tan Cai-Ning,
Kang Jasmine,
Chew Aik Phon,
Caroline Caroline,
Lim Wee Shiong
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
alzheimer's and dementia
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 6.713
H-Index - 118
eISSN - 1552-5279
pISSN - 1552-5260
DOI - 10.1016/j.jalz.2019.06.4053
Subject(s) - dementia , thematic analysis , medicine , quality of life (healthcare) , psychology , gerontology , nursing , qualitative research , disease , social science , pathology , sociology
male (100%), and had a mean age of 72 years old. The majority (91%). of the sample had co-occurring mental health diagnoses. A dependent samples T-Test was utilized to explore if technology-enhanced interventions had a significant effect on patient distress. Findings indicated that there was a significant difference between average veteran rated subjective distress ratings before intervention and average veteran rated subjective distress ratings after intervention (t(22)1⁄43.631, p1⁄4.001). The effect size for the difference in subjective distress ratings was large (d1⁄4.757). Dependent samples t-tests were also completed to evaluate if technology-enhanced interventions had a significant effect on clinician-rated observed behavioral indicators of Veteran distress. A significant difference was found when comparing clinician-rated observations before and after the intervention for facial distress behaviors (t(22)1⁄44.234, p<.001), elevated breathing behavior (t(22)1⁄41.795, p1⁄4.043), agitated body movements (t(22)1⁄42.267, p1⁄4.018), aggressive vocalizations (t(22)1⁄42.774, p1⁄4.005) and threating posture (t(22)1⁄42.514, p1⁄4.01). References: Bohart, A.C. & Tallman, K. (1999). How clients make therapy work: The process of self-healing. Washington D.C.: American Psychological Association. Hartz, G.W., Brennan, P.L., Jasdeep, S.A., & Estrin, M.T. (2010). Behavioral contracting with psychiatric residents in long-term care: an exploratory study. Clinical Gerontologist, 33 (4), 347-362. Manepalli, J., Desai, A., & Sharma, P., (2009). Psychosocial-environmental treatments for Alzheimer’s disease. Primary Psychiatry, 16(6), 39-47.