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- Title
Assessing preference in elders with dementia using multimedia and verbal pleasant events schedules.
- Authors
LeBlanc, Linda A.; Raetz, Paige B.; Baker, Jonathan C.; Strobel, Margaret J.; Feeney, Brian J.
- Abstract
The current study compared an abbreviated oral interview version of the Pleasant Events Schedule – Alzheimer's Disease (PES-AD) to a multimedia-supplemented version. Both measures identified multiple preferred items and their scores were moderately correlated (r = .481). Direct observations were conducted to determine whether either of the two measures predicted subsequent engagement. For all nine individuals with dementia, items endorsed as preferred by both versions of the PES-AD resulted in high levels of engagement and items endorsed as non-preferred items on both measures resulted in low to moderate levels of engagement. Individuals with MMSE scores of 10 or higher had more stable and differentiated patterns of engagement than individuals with scores below 10. For individuals with higher MMSE scores, items endorsed only by the multimedia version resulted in high engagement levels (i.e., true positive) while items endorsed only on the verbal presentation resulted in low levels (i.e., false positive). Copyright © 2008 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
- Subjects
ALZHEIMER'S disease; PRESENILE dementia; SENILE dementia; DEMENTIA; INTERVIEWING
- Publication
Behavioral Interventions, 2008, Vol 23, Issue 4, p213
- ISSN
1072-0847
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1002/bin.266