SEQUENTIAL ANALYSIS OF DEMENTIA FAMILY DYADIC COMMUNICATION: CARE RECIPIENT CHALLENGING/NEUTRAL COMMUNICATION
2024
Communication Challenges in Dementia Caregiving
Sample size: 75
publication
Evidence: moderate
Author Information
Author(s): Kim Sohyun, Chen Will, Sun-Mitchell Shan
Primary Institution: The University of Texas Arlington
Hypothesis
The study examines the impact of care-recipient challenging and neutral communication on family caregiver communication.
Conclusion
Caregivers are less likely to respond to challenging and neutral communication from care recipients, indicating a need for better caregiver education.
Supporting Evidence
- Caregiver facilitative verbal, disabling nonverbal, and neutral communication were less likely to occur after care-recipient challenging verbal communication.
- Caregiver facilitative and disabling communication were less likely to occur until 35 seconds after care-recipient neutral communication.
- Care-recipient challenging verbal and neutral communication were significantly associated with a decreased likelihood of subsequent caregiver communication.
Takeaway
When people with dementia communicate in a challenging way, their caregivers often don't respond well, which means caregivers need more training to handle these situations.
Methodology
The study used a secondary analysis of in-home care video observations with timed-window analysis.
Statistical Information
P-Value
p < 0.001 – p = 0.001-0.037
Confidence Interval
95%
Statistical Significance
p<0.05
Digital Object Identifier (DOI)
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