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Care Need Combinations for Dementia Patients with Multiple Chronic Diseases
Kai-Ming Jhang1, Wen-Fu Wang1,2, Yu-Ching Cheng3
1Department of Neurology, Changhua Christian Hospital, Changhua, Taiwan.
Psychology Research and Behavior Management
|January 26, 2023
Summary
This study identified essential care combinations for dementia patients with multiple chronic diseases. Key needs include social support, education, memory care, and fall prevention for better patient and caregiver support.
Area of Science:
- Gerontology
- Neuroscience
- Public Health
Background:
- Dementia patients often have multiple chronic diseases, complicating care needs.
- Understanding care combinations is crucial for effective patient and caregiver support.
Purpose of the Study:
- To identify care need combinations for dementia patients with multiple chronic diseases.
- To analyze relationships between care needs and patient variables.
Main Methods:
- Cross-sectional study of 83 patients with multiple chronic diseases.
- Utilized the Apriori algorithm to identify care need combinations.
- Included patient variables like dementia severity, mobility, and behavioral symptoms.
Main Results:
- Generated six rules for basic care need bundles, with four core needs identified.
- Discovered 93 rules, categorized by support levels, revealing patient variables associated with care needs.
- Identified frequent unmet needs: disease knowledge education and hypertension care.
Conclusions:
- Four basic care needs: social resources referral/legal support, drug knowledge education, memory problem care, and fall prevention.
- Disease knowledge education and hypertension care are frequent unmet needs.
- Caregiver mood support is vital, especially for patients with preserved ambulatory function or hallucinations.
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