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Discrepancy between subjective and objective assessments of wandering behaviours in dementia as measured by the A lgase W andering S cale and the I ntegrated C ircuit tag monitoring system
Author(s) -
Yayama So,
Yamakawa Miyae,
Suto Shunji,
Greiner Chieko,
Shigenobu Kazue,
Makimoto Kiyoko
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
psychogeriatrics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.647
H-Index - 32
eISSN - 1479-8301
pISSN - 1346-3500
DOI - 10.1111/psyg.12011
Subject(s) - dementia , scale (ratio) , psychology , medicine , disease , cartography , geography
Aim Although wandering is one of the major research focuses of the behavioural psychological symptoms of dementia, assessment of wandering has mostly relied on caregiver‐administered questionnaires. The purpose of this study was to compare staff‐administered A lgase W andering S cale outcomes with objective temporal and spatial movement indicators obtained from the I ntegrated C ircuit ( IC ) tag monitoring system. Methods Patients with dementia were recruited from a dementia care unit in O saka, J apan in 2007. Primary nurses administered the A lgase W andering S cale, and the temporal and spatial movements of the subjects were monitored by the IC tag. Written informed consent was obtained from each subject's proxies. Results Nurses' assessments of wandering were in agreement with the IC tag outcomes only during the day shift. Spatial movements assessed by the staff did not reflect those measured by the IC tag. Conclusion This objective measurement of wandering showed the limitations in the assessment of spatial and temporal movement by the staff.