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ArticleInternational journal of environmental research and public health2023

The Influence of Everyday Acoustic Environments on the Challenging Behavior in Dementia: A Participatory Observation Study in Nursing Homes.

Arezoo Talebzadeh, Ine Decoutere, Tara Vander Mynsbrugge, Dick Botteldooren, Paul Devos, Francesco Aletta, Dominique Van de Velde, Patricia De Vriendt

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Article in International journal of environmental research and public health, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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5 · Who and what money

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8 authors at 4 institutions in 2 countries.

Arezoo TalebzadehDepartment of Information Technology, WAVES-iGent, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7934-1005
Ine DecoutereDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Tara Vander MynsbruggeOccupational Therapy Department, Artevelde University of Applied Sciences, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Dick BotteldoorenDepartment of Information Technology, WAVES-iGent, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0002-7756-7238
Paul DevosDepartment of Information Technology, WAVES-iGent, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.ORCID 0000-0003-4940-8886
Francesco AlettaInstitute for Environmental Design and Engineering, The Bartlett, University College London, London WC1H 0NN, UK.ORCID 0000-0003-0351-3189
Dominique Van de VeldeDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Patricia De VriendtDepartment of Rehabilitation Sciences, Faculty of Medicine and Health Care Sciences, Ghent University, 9000 Ghent, Belgium.
Ghent University · BEArtevelde University College Ghent · BEUniversity College London · GBVrije Universiteit Brussel · BE

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Challenging behavior (CB) is a group of behaviors, reactions and symptoms due to dementia, which can be challenging for the caregivers. The study aims to research the influence of acoustics on CB in people with dementia (PwD). An ethnographic method was used to study the daily life of PwD in their nursing homes with a specific focus on how people react to everyday environmental sounds. Thirty-five residents were included in the sample based on purposeful, homogeneous group characteristics and sampling. Empirical data were collected using 24/7 participatory observations. The collected data were analyzed using a phenomenological-hermeneutical method: a naïve understanding, a structural analysis and a comprehensive understanding. The result shows that the onset of CB depends on whether the resident feels safe and is triggered by an excess or lack of stimuli. The excess or shortage of stimuli and whether and when it affects a person is personal. It depends on various factors, the person's state and the time of day, the nature of the stimuli, familiarity, or strangeness is also a determining factor for the onset and progression of CB. The results can form an essential basis for developing soundscapes to make the PwD feel safe and reduce CB.

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DementiaAcousticsEmotionsHumansNursing HomesPsychotherapyacoustical triggersacousticsAlzheimerauditory stimulibehavioral and psychological symptoms of dementia (BPSD)challenging behavior (CB)dementiasound environmentsoundscape

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PMID36901204
PMCPMC10002302
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