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| Selecting nursing home residents for satisfaction surveys |
| Author(s) | Sandra F Simmons, John F Schnelle, Gwen C Uman |
| Journal title | The Gerontologist, vol 37, no 4, August 1997 |
| Pages | pp 543-550 |
| Keywords | Dementia ; Patients [nursing homes] ; Quality of life ; Research ; Screening ; United States of America. |
| Annotation | Many cognitively impaired nursing home (NH) residents are excluded from interviews measuring quality of life or care based on the belief that these residents cannot accurately answer questions. These exclusions are based on subjective criteria and ignore individual differences among NH residents with cognitive impairment. This US study describes a screening rule based on four minimum data set (MDS) indicators that provide an objective method for identifying residents capable of accurate report. Sixty percent of a sample of 83 NH residents who could answer yes or no questions about their care could do so accurately. Eighty-one percent of the sample was correctly classified by the MDS indicators. (AKM). |
| Accession Number | CPA-980608408 A |
| Classmark | EA: LHB:LF: F:59: 3A: 3V: 7T |
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