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A pilot-feasibility study of measuring emotional expression during oral care.

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Lee, KH; Galkowski, L; Downey, C; McConnell, ES
Published in: Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)
July 2018

This study explored the feasibility of measuring emotional responses to oral care among individuals with dementia living in residential long-term care (LTC). Eleven residents with dementia were recruited from a U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs LTC unit and were observed eight times before, during, and after oral care episodes. Study participants showed a trend toward more positive emotional expressions during and after oral care (mean ± SD: 6.49 ± 1.57 and 6.27 ± 1.20 respectively) than before oral care (6.15 ± 0.86) at the margin of statistical significance (p = .08). Negative emotional expression increased among participants during oral care, from 0.22 ± .35 expressions per minute to 0.60 ± .65 expressions per minute, but returned to baseline after oral care (p < .01). Future studies with more representative samples are needed to more fully examine emotional responses to different types of care, adjusting for potential confounders, and to determine whether residents' emotional responses influence staff members' provision of care.

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Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

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1528-3984

ISSN

0197-4572

Publication Date

July 2018

Volume

39

Issue

4

Start / End Page

388 / 392

Related Subject Headings

  • Oral Hygiene
  • Oral Health
  • Nursing
  • Male
  • Long-Term Care
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Emotions
  • Dementia
 

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Lee, K. H., Galkowski, L., Downey, C., & McConnell, E. S. (2018). A pilot-feasibility study of measuring emotional expression during oral care. Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.), 39(4), 388–392. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.12.001
Lee, Kyung Hee, Lorraine Galkowski, Christine Downey, and Eleanor S. McConnell. “A pilot-feasibility study of measuring emotional expression during oral care.Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.) 39, no. 4 (July 2018): 388–92. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.12.001.
Lee KH, Galkowski L, Downey C, McConnell ES. A pilot-feasibility study of measuring emotional expression during oral care. Geriatric nursing (New York, NY). 2018 Jul;39(4):388–92.
Lee, Kyung Hee, et al. “A pilot-feasibility study of measuring emotional expression during oral care.Geriatric Nursing (New York, N.Y.), vol. 39, no. 4, July 2018, pp. 388–92. Epmc, doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2017.12.001.
Lee KH, Galkowski L, Downey C, McConnell ES. A pilot-feasibility study of measuring emotional expression during oral care. Geriatric nursing (New York, NY). 2018 Jul;39(4):388–392.
Journal cover image

Published In

Geriatric nursing (New York, N.Y.)

DOI

EISSN

1528-3984

ISSN

0197-4572

Publication Date

July 2018

Volume

39

Issue

4

Start / End Page

388 / 392

Related Subject Headings

  • Oral Hygiene
  • Oral Health
  • Nursing
  • Male
  • Long-Term Care
  • Humans
  • Female
  • Feasibility Studies
  • Emotions
  • Dementia