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Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Kohn, Jordan N.
• Lee, Ellen E.

Titel

Improving sleep by fostering social connection for dementia patients in long-term care

Ist Teil von

• International psychogeriatrics, 2021-10, Vol.33 (10), p.1005-1007

Ort / Verlag

Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press

Erscheinungsjahr

2021

Quelle

Applied Social Sciences Index & Abstracts (ASSIA)

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• Participants (n = 60) were over the age of 65, had either a dementia diagnosis or meeting criteria for cognitive impairment based on a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score below 25/30, and resided in 10 different nursing home special care units in Eastern Norway. Sleep was assessed using wrist actigraphy over a 1-week pre- and post-intervention period by comparing sleep efficiency (%SE), wake after sleep onset (WASO, total duration of overnight awakenings), number of awakenings greater than 5 min, and total sleep time for individuals in the intervention versus control group (i.e. treatment as usual) across the two testing periods. [...]insights into these brain-behavioral relationships in NH populations with dementia and SMI may offer targets for future therapeutic interventions. [...]addressing sleep disturbances, BPSD, loneliness, and social isolation among older adults with dementia or SMI in NH is a critical concern, and robopet ISAIs may address the unique psychosocial care needs of this underserved population.