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Residents with mental-physical multimorbidity living in long-term care facilities
— prevalence and characteristics. A systematic review | | Author(s) | Anne M A van den Brink, Debby L Gerritsen, Richard C Oude Vashaar, Raymond T C M Koopmans |
| Journal title | International Psychogeriatrics, vol 25, no 4, April 2013 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press, April 2013 |
| Pages | pp 531-548 |
| Source | journals.cambridge.org/ipg |
| Keywords | Care homes ; Long term residents ; Ill health ; Mental disorder ; Research Reviews. |
| Annotation | Ageing societies will be confronted with increased numbers of long-term care (LTC) residents with multimorbidity of physical and mental disorders other than dementia. Knowledge about the prevalence rates, medical and psychosocial characteristics and care needs of this group of residents is mandatory for providing high-quality and evidence-based care. The purpose of this paper was to review the literature regarding these features. A systematic literature search was conducted for materials published between January 1988 and August 2011. 17 articles were found which met the inclusion criteria. Only one small study described multimorbidity of a wide range of chronic psychiatric and somatic conditions in LTC residents and suggested that physical-mental multimorbidity was the exception rather than the rule. All other studies showed prevalence rates of comorbid physical and mental illnesses to be roughly in line with reported prevalence rates among community-dwelling older people. LTC residents with mental-physical multimorbidity were younger than other LTC residents and had more cognitive impairment, no dementia and problem behaviours. Care needs of these residents were not described. Although exact figures are lacking, mental-physical multimorbidity is common in LTC residents. Given the specific characteristics of the pertaining residents, more knowledge of their specific care needs is essential. The first step now should be to perform research on symptoms and behaviour, which seem more informative than diagnostic labels as well as care needs of LTC residents with mental-physical multimorbidity. (JL). |
| Accession Number | CPA-130315216 A |
| Classmark | KW: KX:4Q: CH: E: 3A:6KC |
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