title: Extraction and Analysis of Risk Elements for Korean Homecare Patients with Senile Dementia.
abstract: The purpose of this study is to provide information for the protection of Korean homecare patients with senile dementia by investigating accident cases using a survey. With the survey of accident cases, the caregivers of 55 Korean homecare patients with senile dementia (75.9 ± 7.0 years) were administered the short form of the Samsung Dementia Questionnaire (S-SDQ) and an activities of daily living (ADL) test. Twelve risk elements were extracted. The order of frequency of occurrence from highest to lowest was "egress," "fall," "violence," "collision," "gas accident," "slip," "faucet misuse," "overeating," "drop," "discharge," "weird eating," and "self-injury." The percentage of risk elements resulting in physical harm was 40.1% across all risk elements. The risk elements resulting in the most physical harm were "fall," "collision," "slip," and "drop," respectively. Regarding the location of occurrence of risk elements, risk elements resulting in physical harm showed no significant differences between indoors and outdoors. Some risk elements, such as "egress," "fall," and "gas accident" happened concurrently with more than four other elements, while "collision," "drop," and "violence" happened together with more than two other elements. "Slip" happened significantly more often in the low ADL score group, while "gas accident" happened significantly more often in the high ADL score group. This study provides basic information about monitoring factors to protect senior homecare patients with senile dementia.
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Mi-Hyun
authors.initials: MH
authors.lastname: Choi
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyung-Sik
authors.initials: HS
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Philosophical Counseling and Psychology, Dong-Eui University, Busan, South Korea.
authors.forename: BoSeong
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Jung-Chul
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Sung-Jun
authors.initials: SJ
authors.lastname: Park
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ul-Ho
authors.initials: UH
authors.lastname: Jeong
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea.
authors.forename: Ji-Hye
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Baek
authors.affiliation: Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Konkuk University, Chungju, South Korea.
authors.forename: Hyun-Jun
authors.initials: HJ
authors.lastname: Kim
authors.affiliation: Department of Information and Communication Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul, South Korea.
authors.forename: Dae-Woon
authors.initials: DW
authors.lastname: Lim
authors.affiliation: Department of Biomedical Engineering, Research Institute of Biomedical Engineering, College of Biomedical and Health Science, Konkuk University, 322 Danwall-dong, Chungju, Chungbuk, 380-701, South Korea. scchung@kku.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Soon-Cheol
authors.initials: SC
authors.lastname: Chung
mesh_terms: D000056:Accident Prevention; D000059:Accidents; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D000544:Alzheimer Disease / Q000451:nursing*; D017028:Caregivers; D005260:Female; D006699:Home Care Services; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D056910:Republic of Korea; D012306:Risk; D018570:Risk Assessment