# MENTAL HEALTH AGITATION IN ELDERLY PERSONS

> **NIH NIH R01** · HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON · 1991 · $177,168

## Abstract

Agitation is a mental health problem of significant dimensions.  This
proposal aims to investigate agitated behaviors in nursing home residents.
The construct of agitation, the characteristics of the agitated population
and precipitating factors for agitation will be examined.  The study
involves two projects exploring agitation on macro and micro levels.  The
first project will assess the agitation level of 400 nursing home residents
and will relate it to demographic, medical, social and psychological
variables.  Additionally, this study will obtain information regarding the
frequency of agitated behaviors and syndromes in which agitation is
manifested.  The second project involves in-depth observations of 24
agitated demented subjects through behavior mapping of their agitation and
its physical and social context.  The observations, covering both day-time
and night-time periods, reflect the agitated behaviors, the object of the
behaviors, the resident's social environment, the resident's physical
location, the general activity in which the resident is occupied, and
background variables.  The project will examine the relationship between
manifestations of agitation and possible precipitating factors such as time
of day, hunger, constipation, other resident's behaviors, etc.  The impact
of these factors on agitation will be tested both within and across
individuals.

## Key facts

- **NIH application ID:** 3120402
- **Project number:** 5R01AG008675-06
- **Recipient organization:** HEBREW HOME OF GREATER WASHINGTON
- **SAM.gov UEI:** RY46DLNQAN83
- **Principal Investigator:** Jiska Cohen-Mansfield
- **Activity code:** R01 (R01, R21, SBIR, etc.)
- **Funding institute:** NIH
- **Fiscal year:** 1991
- **Award amount:** $177,168
- **Award type:** 5
- **Project period:** 1989-07-01 → 1994-06-30

## Primary source

NIH RePORTER: https://reporter.nih.gov/project-details/3120402

## Citation

> US National Institutes of Health, RePORTER application 3120402, MENTAL HEALTH AGITATION IN ELDERLY PERSONS (5R01AG008675-06). Retrieved via MORVS 2026-10-25 from https://api.morvs.ai/grant/nih/3120402. Licensed CC0.

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