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| Risk of behavior problems among nursing home residents in the United States | | Author(s) | Mary E Jackson, William D Spector, Peter V Rabins |
| Journal title | Journal of Aging and Health, vol 9, no 4,, November 1997 |
| Pages | pp 451-472 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Aggression ; Wandering ; Patients [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study identified personal risk factors associated with behaviour problems among nursing home residents using data based on a national survey of nursing home residents (the Institutional Population Components of the 1987 National Medical Expenditure Survey). Multiple regression analyses were conducted to examine characteristics of residents that place them at risk of behaviour problems. Independent variables include physical functioning, sensory impairment, cognitive impairment, psychiatric diagnoses, and demographics. Eleven behaviour problems grouped into four categories based on factor analysis serve as dependent variables: wandering/safety, aggressive behaviours, collecting behaviours, and delusions/hallucinations. Risk factors emerging as predictors included sex (male), cognitive impairment, ADL (activities of daily living) dependency, incontinence, psychiatric history, receptive communication, walking, and visual impairment. Risk factors differ by type of behaviour problem. Results suggest a multiple aetiology in which biological, psychological, and sociocultural factors all play a role in generating behaviour problems in the long-term care setting. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980407229 A |
| Classmark | EP: EPB: EPC: LHB:LF: 7T |
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