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ArticleAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias

Alinka C Fisher, Katrina Reschke, Nijashree Shah, Sau Cheung, Claire O'Connor, Olivier Piguet

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Article in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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2citing papers in PubMed
3.4field-weighted citation impact, top 8% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

2 citing papers in PubMed, 4 citations in OpenAlex.

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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

Alinka C FisherDisability and Community Inclusion, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.ORCID 0000-0003-0147-5051
Katrina ReschkeDisability and Community Inclusion, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
Nijashree ShahDisability and Community Inclusion, College of Nursing and Health Sciences, Flinders University, Bedford Park, SA, Australia.
Sau CheungFRONTIER, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.
Claire O'ConnorUniversity of New South Wales, Sydney, NSW, Australia.
Olivier PiguetFRONTIER, Brain and Mind Centre, The University of Sydney, Camperdown, NSW, Australia.ORCID 0000-0002-6696-1440
Flinders University · AUThe University of Sydney · AUUNSW Sydney · AU

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

objectivesThis study examined the acceptability and usefulness of Positive Behaviour Support (PBS) training in enhancing the capabilities of support staff and family members providing behaviour support to residents with dementia in residential aged care (RAC).

methodsA mixed-methods pilot study was conducted across 3 RAC organisations, involving pre- and post-training questionnaire assessments for clinical leaders (n = 8), support staff (n = 37) and family members (n = 18).

resultsFindings indicated increased confidence among support staff and family members in providing behaviour support, with 96% indicating it would support their practices across settings. Key training benefits included identifying and addressing underlying causes of challenging behaviours. A majority (89%) expressed the need for further behaviour support training.

conclusionRecommendations focus on developing systems to enable effective and collaborative behaviour support practices. Further research is needed to examine application of PBS principles and planning for residents living with dementia.

Indexed as

DementiaNursing HomesAgedFamilyHumansPalliative CarePilot Projectsbehavioural and psychological symptoms of dementiabehaviour managementchallenging behavioursdementiapositive behaviour supportresidential aged care

Identifiers

PMID38536663
PMCPMC10976499
OpenAlexW4393220337

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