BACKGROUND Positive and effective staff-resident interactions are imperative to adequately assess and meet the needs of cognitively impaired residents in nursing homes and optimize their quality of life. AIM The purpose of this study was to quantify, describe, and analyze the interaction between staff and cognitively impaired residents in nursing homes, using the Quality of Interaction Schedule (QuIS). METHOD This descriptive analysis utilized baseline data from the first 2 cohorts in a randomized clinical trial including 341 residents from 35 nursing homes. RESULTS Five hundred fifty-six staff-resident interactions were evaluated; majority were positive (n = 466, 83.8%) and the remaining were either neutral (n = 60, 10.8%) or negative (n = 30, 5.4%). The quality of interactions varied by interaction location, interpersonal distance, and resident participation. CONCLUSION Future research should focus on decreasing the negative/neutral interactions and explore staff characteristics (eg, gender, level of experience) and facility factors (eg, size, ownership) that might influence the quality of interactions.

中文翻译：

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疗养院工作人员和患有认知障碍的居民之间的互动质量。


背景 为了充分评估和满足疗养院认知障碍居民的需求并优化他们的生活质量，积极有效的工作人员与居民互动至关重要。目的 本研究的目的是使用互动质量表 (QuIS) 来量化、描述和分析疗养院工作人员与认知障碍居民之间的互动。方法 这项描述性分析利用了一项随机临床试验中前 2 个队列的基线数据，该试验包括来自 35 家疗养院的 341 名居民。结果 对 556 名员工与住院医师的互动进行了评估；大多数为阳性（n = 466，83.8%），其余为中性（n = 60，10.8%）或阴性（n = 30，5.4%）。互动的质量因互动地点、人际距离和居民参与而异。结论 未来的研究应侧重于减少负面/中性互动，并探讨可能影响互动质量的员工特征（例如性别、经验水平）和设施因素（例如规模、所有权）。