TY - JOUR
T1 - Emotional well-being in a person with dementia
AU - Kolanowski, Ann M.
AU - Litaker, Mark S.
AU - Catalano, Patricia A.
N1 - Funding Information:
1. This study was supported by a grant from the Eastern Nursing Research Society, the NEON Award, awarded to the first author.
PY - 2002/2
Y1 - 2002/2
N2 - Self-reported mood and observations of affect are often used as indicators of emotional well-being. The purpose of this case study was to (a) describe the self-reported mood and affective pattern of an older man with severe cognitive impairments, (b) assess consistency in his responses to mood state, (c) compare mood pattern to premorbid personality, and (d) determine the concordance between self-reported mood and observed affect. Observations of mood and affect were taken three times per day for 35 days. There was concordance between self-reported mood and observed affect. The participant was consistent in his responses to mood 75% of the time. The pattern of self-reported mood reflected the participant's long-standing personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism. Results, although not generalizable, demonstrate the need to consider the perspective of the person with dementia when addressing quality-of-life issues in research and practice.
AB - Self-reported mood and observations of affect are often used as indicators of emotional well-being. The purpose of this case study was to (a) describe the self-reported mood and affective pattern of an older man with severe cognitive impairments, (b) assess consistency in his responses to mood state, (c) compare mood pattern to premorbid personality, and (d) determine the concordance between self-reported mood and observed affect. Observations of mood and affect were taken three times per day for 35 days. There was concordance between self-reported mood and observed affect. The participant was consistent in his responses to mood 75% of the time. The pattern of self-reported mood reflected the participant's long-standing personality traits of extraversion and neuroticism. Results, although not generalizable, demonstrate the need to consider the perspective of the person with dementia when addressing quality-of-life issues in research and practice.
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U2 - 10.1177/01939450222045699
DO - 10.1177/01939450222045699
M3 - Article
C2 - 11829272
AN - SCOPUS:0039484158
SN - 0193-9459
VL - 24
SP - 28
EP - 48
JO - Western Journal of Nursing Research
JF - Western Journal of Nursing Research
IS - 1
ER -