Assertion: agitation | /r/ObjectUse | used with hyperactivity
Facets:
value: interchangeably
type: MANNER
value: often
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: “agitation” is often used interchangeably with other words, such as anxiety, hyperactivity, disruptive behavior, and non-purposeful behavior.2 Agitation is characterized by motor restlessness, irritability, inappropriate or purposeless psychomotor activity, heightened responsiveness to stimuli, and severe emotional and physical distress.3,4 Agitated patients are at risk of causing harm to themselves or others, because the intensity of their agitation can rapidly escalate.