Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI)
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Indications
- assessment of agitation in the elderly
Methods
29-item questionnaire completed by the patient's caregiver
Includes descriptions of 29 agitated behaviors.
Each is rated on a 7-point scale of frequency
- 0 = never, 6 = 2 or more times/hour,
- 7 = not applicable
Inter-rater agreement is 0.88-0.92.
A short form contains 14 items.
- repetitive
- relevant
- not relevant
- noises
- screaming
- complaining
- attention
- negative
- verbal aggression
- spitting
- verbally bossy
- verbal sexual advances
- physical sexual advances
- fidgety
- wandering
- outside
- inappropriate dressing
- repetitious mannerisims
- inappropraite handling
- grabbing/snatching
- hoarding
- hiding
- stange movements
- temper outburst
- hitting
- kicking
- throwing
- tearing/ destroying
- grab/clinging
- pushing
- biting
- scratching
- hurting himself
- hurting others
- intentional falls
- eat/drink nonfood substances
Behaviors occured most often:
- morning
- afternoon
- evening
- no time more than others
- different times for different behaviors
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References
- ↑ http://www.medafile.com/zyweb/CMAI.htm
- ↑ http://www.researchinstituteonaging.org/assessment.html
- ↑ Cohen-Mansfield J Managing Agitation in Elderly Patients With Dementia Geriatric Times. Special Report vol 2(3) May/June, 2001 http://www.geriatrictimes.com/g010533.html
- ↑ Cohen-Mansfield Agitation Inventory (CMAI) https://oregonbhi.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/01/CMAI-Scale.pdf