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| The effects of staffing on in-bed times of nursing home residents | | Author(s) | Barbara M Bates-Jensen, John F Schnelle, Cathy A Alessi |
| Journal title | Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, vol 52, no 6, June 2004 |
| Pages | pp 931-938 |
| Source | http://www.americangeriatrics.org http://www.blackwellpublishing.com |
| Keywords | Residents [care homes] ; Sleep behaviour ; Nursing homes ; Personnel ; Management [care] ; Quality ; Cross sectional surveys ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Several recent studies suggest that nursing home (NH) residents spend excessive time in bed, and that this is associated with detrimental outcomes such as pressure sores. This cross-sectional study of 882 NH residents in 34 homes in southern California hypothesises that there is a chance that inadequate staffing contributes to this problem. 837 of the residents had hourly observational data, 777 had mealtime observations, 837 completed questionnaires, and 817 completed a physical observation test. In multivariate analyses, staffing remained the strongest predictor of time observed in bed, after controlling for resident functional measures. The authors conclude that staff care practices relevant to encouraging residents to be out of bed should be examined and improved. Practice recommendations regarding in-bed time should be considered, and further research should seek to inform the development of such recommendations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-040809214 A |
| Classmark | KX: CG: LHB: QM: QA: 59: 3KB: 7T |
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