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Nursing interventions in cases of agitation and dementia

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2014
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Oppikofer, S., & Geschwindner, H. (2014). Nursing interventions in cases of agitation and dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 13(3), 306–317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301212461110

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This study had two objectives: firstly, to assess and compare the frequency and circumstances of agitation and, secondly, to generate decision-making aids for the treatment of agitation patients by applying a nursing intervention in cases of dementia and agitation. For that purpose, 1002 measurements of open nursing interventions in cases of agitation were obtained over a period of 11 weeks in two nursing homes in the city of Zurich and in the nursing home Sonnweid. Before, during and after two intervention periods of four weeks each,

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  • Oppikofer, Sandra
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  • Geschwindner, Heike

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13

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3

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306

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317

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English

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2014

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2013-03-26

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1471-3012

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187 since deposited on 2013-03-26
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Oppikofer, S., & Geschwindner, H. (2014). Nursing interventions in cases of agitation and dementia. Dementia: The International Journal of Social Research and Practice, 13(3), 306–317. https://doi.org/10.1177/1471301212461110

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