Wrist accelerometry for monitoring dementia agitation behaviour in clinical settings: A scoping review

James Chung Wai Cheung, Bryan Pak Hei So, Ken Hok Man Ho, Duo Wai Chi Wong, Alan Hiu Fung Lam, Daphne Sze Ki Cheung

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Abstract

Agitated behaviour among elderly people with dementia is a challenge in clinical management. Wrist accelerometry could be a versatile tool for making objective, quantitative, and long-term assessments. The objective of this review was to summarise the clinical application of wrist accelerometry to agitation assessments and ways of analysing the data. Two authors independently searched the electronic databases CINAHL, PubMed, PsycInfo, EMBASE, and Web of Science. Nine (n = 9) articles were eligible for a review. Our review found a significant association between the activity levels (frequency and entropy) measured by accelerometers and the benchmark instrument of agitated behaviour. However, the performance of wrist accelerometry in identifying the occurrence of agitation episodes was unsatisfactory. Elderly people with dementia have also been monitored in existing studies by investigating the at-risk time for their agitation episodes (daytime and evening). Consideration may be given in future studies on wrist accelerometry to unifying the parameters of interest and the cut-off and measurement periods, and to using a sampling window to standardise the protocol for assessing agitated behaviour through wrist accelerometry.

Original languageEnglish
Article number913213
JournalFrontiers in Psychiatry
Volume13
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 16 Sept 2022

Keywords

  • aggression
  • agitation
  • Alzheimer's disease
  • dementia
  • mild cognitive impairment
  • wandering
  • wearable device
  • wristband

ASJC Scopus subject areas

  • Psychiatry and Mental health

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