The status and influencing factors of pleasant events among community-dwelling dementia patients

VernacularTitle:居家痴呆老年人愉悦性活动参与情况及影响因素研究
Author: Yi WANG ; Zhiwen WANG ; Wei HAO ; Xiaowei LI ; Jie WU
Keywords: Aged; Dementia; Pleasant Events; Root Cause Analysis
From: Chinese Journal of Nursing 2017;52(5):524-529
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To investigate the status and influencing factors of pleasant events among community-dwelling dementia patients. Methods Totally 266 community-dwelling dementia patients were recruited from Bei-jing,Guangzhou and Tianjin,and were investigated with the Chinese-version Pleasant Events Schedule-AD(PES-AD). Results The overall score of PES-AD was (14.0±6.7). The factor scores from high to low were sensory stimulation activities(0.9±0.5),family activities(0.8±0.5),emotional stimulation activities(0.8±0.4) and autonomy activities(0.6± 0.5). Multiple linear regression showed that the severity of disease,without chronic disease,educational level of de-mentia patients and their caregivers were significant influencing factors of pleasant events,which explained 41.1% of the total variance. Conclusion Sensory stimulation activities of community-dwelling dementia patients were relatively satisfactory,followed by family activities and emotional stimulation activities,but autonomy activities were relatively unsatisfactory. It is suggested to choose appropriate pleasant activities according to the severity of disease for de-mentia patients to improve their quality of life.