Anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment in dementia-specific and traditional assisted living

Hyunwook Kang; Marianne Smith; Kathleen C. Buckwalter; Vicki Ellingrod; Susan K Schultz

doi:10.3928/00989134-20091204-01

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Anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment in dementia-specific and traditional assisted living

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Anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment in dementia-specific and traditional assisted living

Hyunwook Kang, Marianne Smith, Kathleen C. Buckwalter, Vicki Ellingrod and Susan K Schultz

Journal of gerontological nursing, Vol.36(1), pp.18-30

01/01/2010

DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20091204-01

PMID: 20047249

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Abstract

<p>With the rapid growth of the assisted living (AL) industry, the number of AL residences providing dementia care continues to increase. The purpose of this article is to describe and compare demographic characteristics; frequency and type of psychiatric diagnoses; level of cognition, depression, and anxiety symptoms; and use of psychotropic medication among older adults in dementia-specific assisted living (DSAL) and traditional assisted living (TAL) residences. Secondary analysis of screening data collected during a crosssectional, descriptive pilot project compared 18 participants from two DSAL facilities and 28 participants from three TAL facilities. DSAL participants with dementia were more cognitively impaired than TAL participants with dementia (p < 0.001) and used more antipsychotic (67%), anxiolytic (60%), antidepressant (53%), and cognitive-enhancing (87%) medications. No statistically significant differences in demographic factors or levels of anxiety or depression were observed among residents in either setting.</p>

Nursing

Education

Anxiety -- Epidemiology

Assisted Living

Dementia -- Epidemiology

Depression -- Epidemiology

Aged

80 and Over

Antianxiety Agents

Antidepressive Agents

Antipsychotic Agents

Cross Sectional Studies

Data Analysis Software

Descriptive Statistics

Continuing (Credit)

Female

Fisher's Exact Test

Funding Source

Human

Interviews

Iowa

Kruskal-Wallis Test

Male

Psychological Tests

Psychometrics

Scales

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Title: Subtitle: Anxiety, depression, and cognitive impairment in dementia-specific and traditional assisted living
Creators: Hyunwook Kang
Marianne Smith - University of Iowa
Kathleen C. Buckwalter - University of Iowa
Vicki Ellingrod
Susan K Schultz
Resource Type: Journal article
Publication Details: Journal of gerontological nursing, Vol.36(1), pp.18-30
DOI: 10.3928/00989134-20091204-01
PMID: 20047249
NLM abbreviation: J Gerontol Nurs
ISSN: 0098-9134
Language: English
Date published: 01/01/2010
Academic Unit: Health Management and Policy; Nursing
Record Identifier: 9983557577202771

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