This study is conducted in order to gain a better understanding of the relationship between physical activity and agitated behavior among older people with dementia, and physical activity and characteristics of long-term care wards. Data were collected among people with dementia living in long-term care facilities (N = 76) by conducting observations at the wards and distributing questionnaires among professional caregivers. The results show that participants are largely inactive (82.8%) and a significant relation was found between the degree of physical activity and characteristics of the ward such as “taking sufficient time,” which relates to the time caregivers take when interacting with residents. This study supports the existing knowledge about the degree of physical activity among people with dementia in long-term care and adds information about the potential influence of organizational factors that could be valuable for daily practice.

进行这项研究是为了更好地了解老年痴呆症患者体力活动与激越行为之间的关系，以及体力活动和长期护理病房的特点。数据是在长期护理机构中生活的痴呆症患者中收集的（N = 76) 通过在病房进行观察并向专业护理人员分发调查问卷。结果表明，参与者基本上不活跃 (82.8%)，并且发现身体活动程度与病房特征（例如“花足够的时间”）之间存在显着关系，这与护理人员与居民互动时所花的时间有关。这项研究支持有关长期护理中痴呆症患者身体活动程度的现有知识，并增加了有关可能对日常实践有价值的组织因素的潜在影响的信息。