Weighted Blankets’ Effect on the Health of Older People Living in Nursing Homes

Hjort-Telhede, Eva, 1968- (author): Högskolan i Halmstad,Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

Arvidsson, Susann, 1965- (author): Högskolan i Halmstad,Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

Karlsson, Staffan, 1959- (author): Högskolan i Halmstad,Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

Ivarsson, Andreas, 1984- (author): Högskolan i Halmstad,Akademin för hälsa och välfärd

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Abstract Subject headings

Background: An increasingly aging population is a global phenomenon. While considered a positive step forward, vulnerability to age-related health problems increases along with the ageing population. The aim of the study was to investigate weighted blankets’ effect on health regarding quality of life (QoL), sleep, nutrition, cognition, activities of daily living ADL and medication in older people living in nursing homes. Methods: In total, 110 older people were involved in an intervention with weighted blankets, and 68 older people completed the intervention. Measures before and after were performed regarding quality of life; QoL-AD, EQ-VAS, sleep; MISS, nutrition; MNA, cognition; S -MMSE (ADL) and medication. Comparative statistical analyses were applied. Results: After intervention with weighted blankets, health in general, such as QoL, improved. Sleep also improved significantly, especially with respect to waking up during the night. Nutrition was enhanced, health as a cognitive ability improved, and medication in the psychoanaleptic group decreased. The effect size varied between small and large. Conclusions: A weighted blanket seems to be an effective and safe intervention for older people in nursing homes, as several improvements were made regarding the health of older people. © 2022 by the authors.

By the author/editor: Hjort-Telhede, E ...; Arvidsson, Susan ...; Karlsson, Staffa ...; Ivarsson, Andrea ...

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MEDICAL AND HEALTH SCIENCES: MEDICAL AND HEAL ...; and Clinical Medicin ...; and Geriatrics

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