Agitation Prevalence in People With Dementia in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Findings From Machine Learning of Electronic Health Records

Zhu, Yunshu; Song, Ting; Zhang, Zhenyu; Deng, Chao; Alkhalaf, Mohammad; Li, Wanqing; Yin, Mengyang; Chang, Hui Chen (Rita); Yu, Ping

doi:10.3928/00989134-20220309-01

Agitation Prevalence in People With Dementia in Australian Residential Aged Care Facilities: Findings From Machine Learning of Electronic Health Records

Using a suite of artificial intelligence technologies, the current study sought to determine the prevalence of agitated behaviors in people with dementia in residential aged care facilities (RACFs) in Australia. Computerized natural language processing allowed extraction of agitation instances fr…