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| The relationship between vision impairment and the assessment of disruptive behaviors among nursing home residents | | Author(s) | Amy Horowitz |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 5, October 1997 |
| Pages | pp 620-628 |
| Keywords | Behaviour disorders ; Visual impairment ; Patients [nursing homes] ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | This study examined the relationship between vision impairment, defined as best corrected distance acuity, and disruptive behaviours among nursing home residents in upstate New York, United States (US). All data were collected from nursing home records. Vision impairment was significantly related on the bivariate level to the disruptive behaviour index. Hierarchical regression analyses, with disruptive behaviours as the criterion and age and comorbid conditions as covariates, indicate that vision status is a significant independent contributor to disruptive behaviours among long-term care residents. Several interpretations for this observed relationship are discussed as are implications for nursing home services and future research. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980429406 A |
| Classmark | EP: BR: LHB:LF: 7T |
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