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ArticleCurrent Alzheimer research2019

Social Network Analysis of Dementia Wards in Psychiatric Hospitals to Explore the Advancement of Personhood in Patients with Alzheimer's Disease.

Carlo Lazzari, Yasuhiro Kotera, Hywel Thomas

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Article in Current Alzheimer research, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 1 paper.

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3 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Carlo LazzariCentre for Health Care and Medical Education, Bristol, United Kingdom.
Yasuhiro KoteraCentre for Human Sciences Research, University of Derby, United Kingdom.
Hywel ThomasCollege of Human and Health Sciences, Swansea University, United Kingdom.
Swansea University · GBUniversity of Derby · GB

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

backgroundLittle is known on investigating how healthcare teams in dementia wards act for promoting personhood in persons with Alzheimer's disease (PWA).

objectiveThe current research aimed to identify the social networks of dementia health carers promoting the personhood of PWA in acute or long-term dementia wards in public and private psychiatric hospitals.

methodsWe used a mixed-method research approach. Ethnographic observations and two-mode Social Network Analysis (SNA) captured the role and social networks of healthcare professionals promoting PWA personhood, using SocNetv version 2.4. The social network graphs illustrated how professionals participated in PWA care by computing the degree of centrality (%DC) for each professional; higher values indicated more statistical significance of a professional role compared to others in the provision of personhood care. The categories of personhood were biological, individual, and sociologic. Nurses, doctors, ward managers, hospital managers, clinical psychologists, occupational therapists, care coordinators, physiotherapists, healthcare assistants, and family members were observed if they were promoting PWA personhood.

resultsThe highest %DC in SNA in biological personhood was held by the ward nurses (36%), followed by the ward doctors (20%) and ward managers (20%). All professional roles were involved in 16% of cases in the promotion of individual personhood, while the hospital managers had the highest %DC (33%) followed by the ward managers and nurses (27%) in the sociologic personhood.

conclusionAll professional roles were deemed to promote PWA personhood in dementia wards, although some limitation exists according to the context of the assessment.

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Alzheimer DiseaseDementiaHealth PersonnelHospitals, PsychiatricPersonhoodHumansAlzheimerdementia wardethnographymixed methods researchpersonhoodsocial network analysis.

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PMID31195945
PMCPMC6806538
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