Enhancing Sleep Quality for Nursing Home Residents With Dementia - R33 Phase

Sleep (actigraph measurement)

Total sleep time (total minutes asleep each nighttime period - 10pm to 7am)

Psychotropic medication use

As recorded in the Minimum Data Set's Medications received subscale, Antipsychotic medication question, and Psychotropic Drug Care Area Trigger Code. The Medications received subscale asks if the resident has received any antipsychotic, antianxiety or antidepressant medication in the past seven days or since admission/reentry if less than seven days. The Antipsychotic medication, similar to in the previous subscale, asks whether the resident received antipsychotic medications since admission/entry or reentry or the prior OBRA assessment, whichever is more recent. Finally, the Psychotropic Drug Trigger Code asks whether the Psychotropic Drug Use Care Area was triggered. These are MDS items N0410A-C, N0450A, and V0200A17A, respectively. These data will be consolidated into a trichotomous indicator of change from baseline (decrease, increase, same).

Pain treatment received

Based on the Pain Management items as recorded in the Minimum Data Set. The Pain Management sub scale asks, using yes or no questions, if the resident has been on a scheduled pain medication regimen, received PRN pain medication or was offered and declined, and, has received non-medication intervention for pain in the past five days. These data will be consolidated into a trichotomous indicator of change from baseline (decrease, increase, same).

Pain - Resident Report

Based on the Pain Assessment items as recorded in the Minimum Data Set. The Pain Assessment sub scale asks if the resident has had pain or hurting (yes, no), the frequency of pain or hurting (almost constantly, frequently, occasionally, rarely), if the resident had difficulty sleeping because of pain or hurting (yes, no), if the residents day-to-day activities were limited because of pain or hurting (yes, no) over the past five days. The Pain Intensity sub scale asks the residents numeric pain rating value (0-10 scale) and intensity of worst pain experienced (mild, moderate, severe, very severe or horrible) in the past five days. These data will be consolidated into a trichotomous indicator of change from baseline (decrease, increase, same).

Pain - Staff Report

As recorded in the Minimum Data Set, the Staff Assessment sub scale asks staff members, all yes, no responses, if the resident had non-verbal sounds, verbal complaints, facial expressions, protective body movements or postures, or no signs that may be an indicator of possible pain in the last five days. These data will be consolidated into a trichotomous indicator of change from baseline (decrease, increase, same).