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标题：Behavioral and Physiological Observations During the Day: How Patients with Advanced Dementia Spend Time in a Care Facility
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作者：Kaori Yamaguchi ; Minoru Hoshiyama
期刊名称：Asian Journal of Occupational Therapy
印刷版ISSN：1347-3476
电子版ISSN：1347-3484
出版年度：2014
卷号：10
期号：1
页码：17-24
DOI：10.11596/asiajot.10.17
出版社：Japanese Association of Occupational Therapists
摘要：To clarify how patients with advanced dementia in a care facility spend time during the day through sequential observation of activities. Methods: Activities of 12 patients with dementia were observed using an original form for monitoring their behavior and applying electroencephalograms (EEGs) with electrooculograms (EOGs) to identify awake and sleep states. Results: The amount of time in an awake state was significantly longer than in the other states, although the awake/sleep rhythm fluctuated in all participants. The subjects were mainly occupied with “unpurposed period”, in which they were inactive, although fully awake. Conclusion: Through reporting daily activities and awake/sleep states during the daytime in patients with dementia in a care facility, serial monitoring of behavior and the recording of biological activity revealed precise knowledge of the actual daily situation of patients with advanced dementia.
关键词：occupational balance;dementia;activity;lifestyle