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Gender differences in predictors of nursing home placement in the elderly
— a systematic review | | Author(s) | Melanie Luppa, Tobias Luck, Siegfried Weyerer |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 21, no 6, December 2009 |
| Pages | pp 1015-1025 |
| Source | http://www.journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Admission [nursing homes] ; Older men ; Older women ; Correlation ; Longitudinal surveys ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | In recent decades, a substantial number of studies have examined predictors of nursing home placement (NHP) in the older population. This study provides a systematic review of gender differences in predictors of NHP from population-based, longitudinal studies worldwide. Relevant articles were identified by a systematic search of literature. The articles based on prospective studies with representative samples of community-living elders identified predictors by gender-specific multivariate analyses. Eleven studies were identified. The authors found gender differences in the prediction of NHP for marital status, living situation, housing and care availability, and urinary incontinence. For both genders the risk of NHP did not differ substantially for age, functional impairment, cognitive impairment, dementia, and depression. The male to female ratio of admission rates ranged between 1 to 1.4 and 1 to 1.6. Only a few studies analysed gender-specific predictors of NHP, probably owing to the associated statistical difficulties. However, gender differences in prediction of NHP do actually exist, and this should encourage further research activities in this area using appropriate statistical methods. (KJ/RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100226204 A |
| Classmark | LHB:QKH: BC: BD: 49: 3J: 64A |
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