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KMID : 1034520200140020087
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Journal of Occupational Therapy for the Aged and Dementia
2020 Volume.14 No. 2 p.87 ~ p.94
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A Study on the Relationship between Aggressive Behavior of Dementia Patients and Psychological Burnout of Therapist and Coping Method
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Lee Da-Sol
Kim Si-Eun
Yang Yeong-Ae
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Abstract
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Objective : This study aims to investigate the aspects of aggressive behaviors the therapists who were coping with dementia patients one on one experience and cope with and to compare the relationship with psychological burn-out according to the aggressive behaviors.
Methods : This study conducted a survey with 65 therapists who were performing the tasks of occupational therapy and physical therapy for dementia patients at medical rehabilitation institutions and social welfare institutions, holding the licenses of an occupational therapist and a physical therapist from October 15 through November 2, 2020.
Results : The higher the frequency of the dementia patient’s aggressive behavior, the higher the score of the psychological burn-out of the occupational therapists and physical therapists became, and the result was statistically significant. The behaviors for coping with the dementia patients’ aggressive behaviors appeared in the following order: Linguistic discussion, physical suppression, behavior restriction, the removal of the cause of occurrence, unresponsiveness, rest, chemical suppression, diversion, evasion, and physical aggression, and concretely, the linguistic discussion showed the highest frequency in all the aggressive behaviors.
Conclusion : Through this study, it is found that each institution should provide education and program on the behavior for coping with dementia patients’ aggressive behaviors and the baseline data on the rehabilitative therapeutic approach and that occupational therapists and physical therapists should appropriately manage their psychological burn-out.
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KEYWORD
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Dementia, Aggressive behavior, Psychological burn-out
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