Search for: [Abstract = "Material and method\:This research was performed in LTCF in a big polish city in 2013 \(during 8\-month period\). All patients \(354 people\) remaining in the long\-term care ward of the analyzed LTCF were qualified in the study, excluding the patients in whom it was not possible to complete the questionnaire due to the lack of a discernible consciousness\/the presence of coma, or there was lack of data on analyzed variables.The median age of studied group was 79 years. Female gender dominated in the study group \(69%\).It was a cross\-sectional study, using the InterRAI\-LTCF questionnaire –an InterRAI Long\-Term Care Facilities Assessment System \(www.interrai.org\).The interRAI LTCF is a comprehensive geriatric assessment tool which was designed to assist clinicians in monitoring the care of LTCF residents and providing a comprehensive view of the resident’s health needs and strengths in long\-term care institution. The nurses completed the questionnaire based on 3\-day observations of residents while the routine care of resident and information obtained from medical documentation, family members and other staff.In the statistical analyzes the descriptive statistics were applied first, to present the characteristics of the sample in terms of the frequency of occurrence of analyzed features, as well as to assess the significance of differences in characteristics between patients with and without specific symptoms \(i.e. the occurrence of particular types of behavioral symptoms, unsettled relationships, and the use of each of pharmacological and non\-pharmacological interventions\). In the next stage, in order to determine the risk factors of behavioral symptoms, unsettled relationships and type of drug therapy, logistic regression models were developed, taking into account the characterizing variables of the residents, which proved to be important in differentiating them due to the type of behavioral symptoms, unsettled relationships and drug therapy used. In the case of behavioral symptoms, 3 models of logistic regression were developed, testing factors determining the occurrence of verbal aggression, inappropriate social behaviors and resistance to prescribed care and treatment. Similarly, 3 logistic regression models were developed to determine the risk factors for unsettled relationships among residents, between resident and staff, and staff’s frustration in contact with the resident. In order to find potential factors determining the chances of using a specific type of pharmacological treatment, a multivariate logistic regression analysis was carried out. Separate models of logistic regression for therapeutic interventions with the use of antipsychotics, antidepressants and sedatives were estimated."]

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