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Catharina Melander1, Jesper Martinsson2, Silje Gustafsson1
1Division of Nursing, Department of Health Sciences, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå, Sweden.
Background:
Understanding and interpreting the complexity of agitation in people with dementia is challenging.
Objective:
To explore whether a sensor measuring electrodermal activity (EDA) can improve the identification of agitation in individuals with dementia.
Methods:
Nine individuals with dementia wore a sensor that measured EDA. During the same time, assistant nurses annotated the observed behavior of the person with dementia. A binary logistic regression model was applied to assess the relationship between the sensor and the assistant nurses' structured observations of agitation.
Results:
The sensor values correlated with the assistant nurses' observations both at the time of the observation and 1 and 2 h prior to the observation.
Conclusion:
A sensor measuring EDA can support early detection of agitation in persons with dementia.
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