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Observational Study
. 2015 Mar-Apr;36(2 Suppl):S10-5.
doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2015.02.018. Epub 2015 Mar 14.

Caregiver person-centeredness and behavioral symptoms during mealtime interactions: development and feasibility of a coding scheme

Andrea L Gilmore-Bykovskyi  1
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Observational Study

Caregiver person-centeredness and behavioral symptoms during mealtime interactions: development and feasibility of a coding scheme

Andrea L Gilmore-Bykovskyi. Geriatr Nurs. 2015 Mar-Apr.

Abstract

Mealtime behavioral symptoms are distressing and frequently interrupt eating for the individual experiencing them and others in the environment. A computer-assisted coding scheme was developed to measure caregiver person-centeredness and behavioral symptoms for nursing home residents with dementia during mealtime interactions. The purpose of this pilot study was to determine the feasibility, ease of use, and inter-observer reliability of the coding scheme, and to explore the clinical utility of the coding scheme. Trained observers coded 22 observations. Data collection procedures were acceptable to participants. Overall, the coding scheme proved to be feasible, easy to execute and yielded good to very good inter-observer agreement following observer re-training. The coding scheme captured clinically relevant, modifiable antecedents to mealtime behavioral symptoms, but would be enhanced by the inclusion of measures for resident engagement and consolidation of items for measuring caregiver person-centeredness that co-occurred and were difficult for observers to distinguish.

Keywords: Behavioral Symptoms; Dementia; Person-Centered Caregiving; Video-observation.

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