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Table 18 Benefits of the IdA® for decision making

From: Development and evaluation of the content validity, practicability and feasibility of the Innovative dementia-oriented Assessment system for challenging behaviour in residents with dementia

Benefit for decision making

Agreement

n =

The IdA® has encouraged me to think more intensively about the residents’ behaviour

71%

59

The IdA® contains factors that I had never thought about in the context of residents’ problem behaviour

66%

59

I see a relationship between the IdA® and my daily work

64%

58

By using the IdA®, I see the behaviour of the residents with dementia from another perspective

63%

59

With the IdA®, I can better describe the residents’ problem behaviour to others

58%

59

Planning interventions to address the residents´ behaviour is easier with the information provided by the IdA®

47%

58

My behaviour towards the residents has changed since the introduction of the IdA®

47%

58

The IdA® provides information about the residents that I did not know before

45%

58

Since the introduction of the IdA®, I have a better understanding of the behaviour of the residents with dementia

44%

57

I feel that the behaviour of the residents has changed positively since the introduction of the IdA®

26%

58

The IdA® gives me the opportunity to express the individuality of the resident with dementia

74%

58