Personalising Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Nursing Homes: Exploring the Synergy of Quantitative and Qualitative Data

Joint Authors

Wang, Gubing
Gong, Haotian
Albayrak, Armagan
van der Cammen, Tischa J. M.
Kortuem, Gerd

Source

BioMed Research International

Issue

Vol. 2020, Issue 2020 (31 Dec. 2020), pp.1-16, 16 p.

Publisher

Hindawi Publishing Corporation

Publication Date

2020-07-10

Country of Publication

Egypt

No. of Pages

16

Main Subjects

Medicine

Abstract EN

Researchers have been exploring how to manage Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia (BPSD) in a personalised way, meanwhile, assistive technologies have been developed to collect a variety of personal data.

This urges more research in investigating the combination of: data collected by the care team, which are mainly qualitative; and data collected by assistive technologies, the majority of which are quantitative.

Previous studies, however, have yet to explore if and how a combination of quantitative and qualitative data could facilitate the care team to better understand each resident with dementia in the nursing home context for personalised BPSD management.

Guided by a Research through Design approach, a prototype for collecting and visualising the quantitative and qualitative data towards personalised BPSD management was developed together with the care team.

Via developing this prototype, knowledge was gained in what types of data could be combined for personalised BPSD management in nursing homes, what are their values, how to collect and present them, and how to introduce them in the working routine of the care team for analysis.

The main findings suggest that the types of data to be collected could be unique for each resident with dementia; the quantitative and qualitative data are of value to each other during data collection and analysis; data collection should be quick and standardised yet flexible for the care team; the overview page is vital for data presentation; and user scenarios could be created to nudge the care team to analyse the data at certain points of their working routine.

In general, a combination of qualitative data and quantitative data could help the care team to discover more insights about each resident with dementia and thus improve the current practice of personalised BPSD management.

American Psychological Association (APA)

Wang, Gubing& Gong, Haotian& Albayrak, Armagan& van der Cammen, Tischa J. M.& Kortuem, Gerd. 2020. Personalising Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Nursing Homes: Exploring the Synergy of Quantitative and Qualitative Data. BioMed Research International،Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133542

Modern Language Association (MLA)

Wang, Gubing…[et al.]. Personalising Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Nursing Homes: Exploring the Synergy of Quantitative and Qualitative Data. BioMed Research International No. 2020 (2020), pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133542

American Medical Association (AMA)

Wang, Gubing& Gong, Haotian& Albayrak, Armagan& van der Cammen, Tischa J. M.& Kortuem, Gerd. Personalising Management of Behavioural and Psychological Symptoms of Dementia in Nursing Homes: Exploring the Synergy of Quantitative and Qualitative Data. BioMed Research International. 2020. Vol. 2020, no. 2020, pp.1-16.
https://search.emarefa.net/detail/BIM-1133542

Data Type

Journal Articles

Language

English

Notes

Includes bibliographical references

Record ID

BIM-1133542