title: Interventions for decreasing agitation behaviors in persons with dementia.
abstract: 1. High stress is one of the possible causes of agitation behaviors in persons with dementia; use of stress management interventions may be helpful in reducing the stress level. 2. Two nursing interventions, hand massage and therapeutic touch, were effective in producing a relaxation response in persons with dementia who had a history of agitation behaviors; they did not, however, decrease agitation behavior. 3. Hand massage was more effective in producing relaxation than was therapeutic touch.
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Snyder
authors.forename: E C
authors.initials: EC
authors.lastname: Egan
authors.forename: K R
authors.initials: KR
authors.lastname: Burns
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing* / Q000523:psychology*; D018592:Cross-Over Studies; D005260:Female; D005851:Geriatric Nursing / Q000379:methods*; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D008405:Massage / Q000379:methods*; D010865:Pilot Projects; D011595:Psychomotor Agitation; D014110:Touch