title: Aggressive behavior in cognitively impaired nursing home residents.
abstract: Aggressive behavior was documented in a sample of 124 residents on units for the cognitively impaired in four nursing homes over a period of 7 days using the Ryden Aggression Scale. Some form of aggression was found in 86.3% of the residents, with no differences among facility, gender or diagnostic group. Neither mental status nor physical dependency was associated with aggression. The 68.5% who received psychotropic drugs had significantly higher aggression scores. Most incidents of aggression involved response to invasion of personal space and occurred during the day shift.
authors.affiliation: School of Nursing, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis 55455.
authors.forename: M B
authors.initials: MB
authors.lastname: Ryden
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Bossenmaier
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: McLachlan
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000374:Aggression; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000451:nursing / Q000523:psychology; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D008960:Models, Psychological; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011569:Psychiatric Status Rating Scales / Q000592:standards; D013997:Time Factors