Published on in Vol 14 (2025)

Preprints (earlier versions) of this paper are available at https://preprints.jmir.org/preprint/57264, first published .
Weighted Blankets for Agitation in Hospitalized Patients with Dementia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Weighted Blankets for Agitation in Hospitalized Patients with Dementia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Weighted Blankets for Agitation in Hospitalized Patients with Dementia: Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial

Holly A Schenzel   1 , DNP, ACNP-BC, PMHNP-BC ;   Allyson K Palmer   1, 2 , MD, PhD ;   Neel B Shah   1 , MB, ChB ;   Donna K Lawson   1 , CCRP ;   Karen M Fischer   3 , MPH ;   Maria I Lapid   4 , MD ;   Ruth E DeFoster   1 , MD

1 Division of Hospital Internal Medicine, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

2 Robert and Arlene Kogod Center on Aging, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

3 Department of Quantitative Health Sciences, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

4 Department of Psychiatry and Psychology, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, United States

Corresponding Author:

  • Holly A Schenzel, DNP, ACNP-BC, PMHNP-BC
  • Division of Hospital Internal Medicine
  • Mayo Clinic
  • 200 1st St SW
  • Rochester, MN 55905
  • United States
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  • Email: schenzel.holly@mayo.edu