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- Title
Extraction and Analysis of Risk Elements for Korean Homecare Patients with Senile Dementia.
- Authors
Choi, Mi-Hyun; Kim, Hyung-Sik; Kim, BoSeong; Lee, Jung-Chul; Park, Sung-Jun; Jeong, Ul-Ho; Baek, Ji-Hye; Kim, Hyun-Jun; Lim, Dae-Woon; Chung, Soon-Cheol
- Abstract
The purpose of this study is to provide information for the protection of Korean homecare patients with senile dementia by investigating accident cases using a survey. With the survey of accident cases, the caregivers of 55 Korean homecare patients with senile dementia (75.9 ± 7.0 years) were administered the short form of the Samsung Dementia Questionnaire (S-SDQ) and an activities of daily living (ADL) test. Twelve risk elements were extracted. The order of frequency of occurrence from highest to lowest was "egress," "fall," "violence," "collision," "gas accident," "slip," "faucet misuse," "overeating," "drop," "discharge," "weird eating," and "self-injury." The percentage of risk elements resulting in physical harm was 40.1% across all risk elements. The risk elements resulting in the most physical harm were "fall," "collision," "slip," and "drop," respectively. Regarding the location of occurrence of risk elements, risk elements resulting in physical harm showed no significant differences between indoors and outdoors. Some risk elements, such as "egress," "fall," and "gas accident" happened concurrently with more than four other elements, while "collision," "drop," and "violence" happened together with more than two other elements. "Slip" happened significantly more often in the low ADL score group, while "gas accident" happened significantly more often in the high ADL score group. This study provides basic information about monitoring factors to protect senior homecare patients with senile dementia.
- Subjects
SOUTH Korea; SENILE dementia patients; HOME care services; KOREANS; ACTIVITIES of daily living; PATIENT monitoring; ACCIDENTAL falls; DISEASES; ACCIDENTS; ALZHEIMER'S disease; CAREGIVERS; COMPARATIVE studies; RESEARCH methodology; MEDICAL cooperation; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH; RISK assessment; SAFETY; EVALUATION research; RELATIVE medical risk
- Publication
Journal of Behavioral Health Services & Research, 2016, Vol 43, Issue 1, p116
- ISSN
1094-3412
- Publication type
journal article
- DOI
10.1007/s11414-014-9429-4