Two studies of pacing in the nursing home.
Two studies of pacing in the nursing home.
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两项关于疗养院起搏的研究。
DOI：
10.1093/geronj/46.3.m77
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发表时间：
1991
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通讯作者：
Freedman,L
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作者：
Cohen-Mansfield,J;Werner,P;Marx,MS;Freedman,L
两项研究有关起搏的养老院居民。第一项是对402名居民的横断面调查，发现39%的受试者是起搏器。与不起搏的居民相比，起搏者的医疗诊断更少，食欲更好，并且在设施中居住的时间更短。此外，起搏与认知障碍和既往危及生命的经历呈正相关。第二项研究的结果是对六名频繁起搏的认知受损居民进行的观察性研究，结果表明，当环境条件有利于起搏时，这些居民的起搏更多（例如，足够的照明，足够的空间内的步伐）。我们认为，起搏是一个良好的健康状况的反映在养老院人口，并建议照顾者可能要鼓励，而不是抑制这种行为，在一些养老院居民
Two studies concerning pacing by nursing home residents are presented. The first was a cross-sectional survey of 402 residents, which found that 39% of the subjects were pacers. In comparison to residents who did not pace, the pacers had fewer medical diagnoses, better appetites, and had resided in the facility for fewer years. Additionally, pacing was positively related to cognitive impairment and to past life-threatening experiences. Results of the second study, an observational study of six cognitively impaired residents who paced frequently, showed that these residents paced more when the environmental conditions were conducive to pacing (e.g., adequate lighting, enough room within which to pace). We believe that pacing is a reflection of good health within the nursing home population and suggest that caregivers may want to encourage rather than inhibit this behavior in some nursing home residents