ArticleJournal of psychiatric research2012
What affects pleasure in persons with advanced stage dementia?
Article in Journal of psychiatric research, 2012. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers, 3 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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15 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 46 citations in OpenAlex.
- Effectiveness of intergenerational participation on residents with dementia: A systematic review and meta-analysis.Nursing open · 2022Pooled it
- Aromatherapy for dementia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2020Pooled it
- How do older people describe their sensory experiences of the natural world? A systematic review of the qualitative evidence.BMC geriatrics · 2016Pooled it
- A group intervention to improve quality of life for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: the Namaste feasibility cluster RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2020Trial
- COSMOS--improving the quality of life in nursing home patients: protocol for an effectiveness-implementation cluster randomized clinical hybrid trial.Implementation science : IS · 2015Trial
- Factors associated with sustained attention during an activity intervention in persons with dementia.Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders · 2012Trial
- Social engagement, pleasure, and memory in musical reminiscence workshops for individuals with Alzheimer's disease.Frontiers in human neuroscience · 2026Article
- Establishing the Foundations of Emotional Intelligence in Care Companion Robots to Mitigate Agitation Among High-Risk Patients With Dementia: Protocol for an Empathetic Patient-Robot Interaction Study.JMIR research protocols · 2024Article
- Examining the Relationships Between Indoor Environmental Quality Parameters Pertaining to Light, Noise, Temperature, and Humidity and the Behavioral and Psychological Symptoms of People Living With Dementia: Scoping Review.Interactive journal of medical research · 2024Article
- Impact of sensory interventions on the quality of life of long-term care residents: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
- A Minimal Design of a Human Infant Presence: A Case Study Toward Interactive Doll Therapy for Older Adults With Dementia.Frontiers in robotics and AI · 2021Article
- Improving living and dying for people with advanced dementia living in care homes: a realist review of Namaste Care and other multisensory interventions.BMC geriatrics · 2018Review
- Psychometric evaluation of the Holden Communication Scale (HCS) for persons with dementia.BMJ open · 2016Article
- Can Doll therapy preserve or promote attachment in people with cognitive, behavioral, and emotional problems? A pilot study in institutionalized patients with dementia.Frontiers in psychology · 2014Article
- Nonpharmacologic treatment of behavioral disorders in dementia.Current treatment options in neurology · 2013Article
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Abstract
We examined the impact of environmental, person, and stimulus characteristics on pleasure in persons with dementia. Study participants were 193 residents of 7 Maryland nursing homes who were presented with 25 stimuli from these categories: live human social stimuli, live pet social stimuli, simulated social stimuli, inanimate social stimuli, a reading stimulus, manipulative stimuli, a music stimulus, task and work-related stimuli, and two different self-identity stimuli. Systematic observations of pleasure in the natural environment were conducted using Lawton's Modified Behavior Stream. Analysis showed that pleasure is related to stimulus category, personal attributes and environmental conditions. In the multivariate analyses, all types of social stimuli (live and simulated, human and nonhuman), self-identity stimuli, and music were related to significantly higher levels of pleasure than the control condition. Females and persons with higher ADL and communication functional status exhibited more pleasure. Pleasure was most likely to occur in environments with moderate noise levels. These results demonstrate that these nursing home residents are indeed capable of showing pleasure. Caregivers of nursing home residents with dementia should incorporate social, self-identity, and music stimuli into their residents' care plans so that eliciting pleasure from each resident becomes the norm rather than a random occurrence.
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