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Prayer as an intervention for agitat...

Smith, Lena Galvan.

Prayer as an intervention for agitation in dementia residents.

紀錄類型:	書目-電子資源 : 單行本
正題名/作者:	Prayer as an intervention for agitation in dementia residents./
作者:	Smith, Lena Galvan.
面頁冊數:	106 p.
附註:	Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-06, Section: A, page: 2159.
Contained By:	Dissertation Abstracts International69-06A.
標題:	Religion, General. -
電子資源:	http://pqdd.sinica.edu.tw/twdaoapp/servlet/advanced?query=3318989
ISBN:	9780549695721

Prayer as an intervention for agitation in dementia residents.
Smith, Lena Galvan.

Prayer as an intervention for agitation in dementia residents. - 106 p.

Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 69-06, Section: A, page: 2159.

Thesis (Ph.D.)--The University of New Mexico, 2008.

The purpose of this study was to explore the use of spirituality as a coping strategy for dementia residents with agitation. A prayer exercise was used as a concurrent integrative approach for nursing home residents with agitation to facilitate stress reduction and improve quality of life. There are over 5 million persons with Alzheimer's disease in the United States and an estimated 10 million family caregivers providing care. Caring for a person with Alzheimer's disease or other types of related dementias poses unique problems, one of those being the presence and management of agitation and aggression. Using a mixed-methods experimental research design, nursing home residents with moderate to late-stage Alzheimer's disease or related dementias were assessed before and after the use of a prayer exercise. A multivariate analysis of covariance was used to identify significant differences between a control group and a treatment group who received the prayer exercise. Quality of life and 10 domains of neuropsychiatric symptoms of dementia were measured with pre- and post-tests developed specifically for persons with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias. Additionally, journal entries for each intervention were qualitatively analyzed to illustrate the experience of prayer with a nursing home population with dementia. Four themes were identified through this process: gratitude, reverence, satisfaction, and familiarity. Multivariate analysis of covariance and subsequent univariate tests identified a statistically significant mean difference between the two groups for quality of life, indicating a higher quality of life for the treatment group. No statistically significant mean differences were found between the two groups on neuropsychiatric symptoms; however, there was a slight improvement in the mean scores for the treatment group. Findings from both quantitative and qualitative analysis demonstrated that quality of life was improved for those residents in the treatment group. The spiritual activity of nondenominational prayer was an effective intervention among the demented elderly in this population.

ISBN: 9780549695721Subjects--Topical Terms:

1000006399
Religion, General.

Prayer as an intervention for agitation in dementia residents.
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