Title |
Predicting mortality of residents at admission to nursing home: A longitudinal cohort study
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Published in |
BMC Health Services Research, April 2011
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DOI | 10.1186/1472-6963-11-86 |
Pubmed ID | |
Authors |
Ingibjörg Hjaltadóttir, Ingalill Rahm Hallberg, Anna Kristensson Ekwall, Per Nyberg |
Abstract |
An increasing numbers of deaths occur in nursing homes. Knowledge of the course of development over the years in death rates and predictors of mortality is important for officials responsible for organizing care to be able to ensure that staff is knowledgeable in the areas of care needed. The aim of this study was to investigate the time from residents' admission to Icelandic nursing homes to death and the predictive power of demographic variables, health status (health stability, pain, depression and cognitive performance) and functional profile (ADL and social engagement) for 3-year mortality in yearly cohorts from 1996-2006. |
X Demographics
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United States | 3 | 16% |
United Kingdom | 2 | 11% |
Canada | 2 | 11% |
Spain | 1 | 5% |
Guinea | 1 | 5% |
France | 1 | 5% |
Unknown | 9 | 47% |
Demographic breakdown
Type | Count | As % |
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Members of the public | 16 | 84% |
Scientists | 2 | 11% |
Practitioners (doctors, other healthcare professionals) | 1 | 5% |
Mendeley readers
Geographical breakdown
Country | Count | As % |
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United Kingdom | 4 | 3% |
Spain | 1 | <1% |
United States | 1 | <1% |
Canada | 1 | <1% |
Unknown | 132 | 95% |
Demographic breakdown
Readers by professional status | Count | As % |
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Student > Master | 24 | 17% |
Researcher | 18 | 13% |
Student > Ph. D. Student | 18 | 13% |
Student > Doctoral Student | 9 | 6% |
Student > Bachelor | 9 | 6% |
Other | 26 | 19% |
Unknown | 35 | 25% |
Readers by discipline | Count | As % |
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Medicine and Dentistry | 42 | 30% |
Nursing and Health Professions | 22 | 16% |
Social Sciences | 10 | 7% |
Psychology | 8 | 6% |
Computer Science | 3 | 2% |
Other | 16 | 12% |
Unknown | 38 | 27% |