Importance of Social Support Within the Nursing Staff on Agitation in Residents With Dementia

Patient characteristics such as gender and severity of dementia are associated with neuropsychiatric symptoms (NPS) in dementia but insufficiently explain differences in the prevalence of NPS between dementia care units, thereby suggesting environmental influences.1 Physical environmental factors such as perception of privacy, temperature, and number of residents per unit, as well as psychosocial environmental factors such as higher perception of staffing levels, have been associated with NPS.2 –4 However, the associations between NPS and job characteristics of nurses, such as job demands, control, and social support, as described in the Job Demands-Control-Support model,5 have been studied less intensively.

Source: Journal of the American Medical Directors Association - April 15, 2019 Category: Health Management Authors: Eva Y.L. Tan, Marjolein E. de Vugt, Sebastian K öhler, Frans R.J. Verhey, Jos M.G.A. Schols Tags: Research Letter Source Type: research