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Risk Factors for Nursing Home Placement in Older Adults With and Without Dementia
Ross Andel, Kathryn Hyer, April Slack. Journal of Aging and Health, 2007-04-01
Topic: Health services, long-term care and technology
Cox proportional hazard regressions indicated that baseline characteristics including older age, White race, diabetes, incontinence, stroke, and difficulties with instrumental activities increased risk of NHP in those without dementia. Caregiver, widowed status, arthritis, and heart disease reduced the risk. Only age, race, and marital status were predictive among participants with dementia. Dementia plays a central role in risk of NHP. Understanding risk factors for NHP in this relatively vulnerable population has important policy implications.
Key findings
- Cox proportional hazard regressions indicated that baseline characteristics including older age, White race, diabetes, incontinence, stroke, and difficulties with instrumental activities increased risk of NHP in those without dementia.
- Caregiver, widowed status, arthritis, and heart disease reduced the risk.
- Only age, race, and marital status were predictive among participants with dementia.
- Dementia plays a central role in risk of NHP.
- Understanding risk factors for NHP in this relatively vulnerable population has important policy implications.
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Study details
- Evidence strengthLow
How this study scored 36/100
Published in a peer-reviewed journal. Scored zero for study design, sample size, effect reported, studied in people and randomised / blinded because the record does not state it. We have no data on journal's citation record, times cited, citations per year, impact for its field and year, cited by studies here, still being cited, senior author's track record, institution's track record and multi-centre collaboration, so those were left out: it earned 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on, which is 36 out of 100.
| Component | Points | Why |
|---|---|---|
| Journal tier | 7 / 10 | Tier 3 — peer-reviewed journal (Journal of Aging and Health) |
| Journal's citation record | — / 4 | No journal record from OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Study design | 0 / 12 | No study design recorded — scores zero, not guessed (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Strength of evidence | 1 / 5 | Rated “low” in our summary |
| Peer-review validation | 10 / 10 | Peer-reviewed. Published as an article in a named peer-reviewed journal. |
| How recent | 1 / 5 | 2007 — within 20 year(s) of the newest study here |
| Sample size | 0 / 4 | Participant count not stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Effect reported | 0 / 3 | No effect size reported — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Studied in people | 0 / 3 | Not stated whether this was studied in people — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Randomised / blinded | 0 / 2 | No randomisation or blinding stated — scores zero (not stated in the record — scored 0) |
| Times cited | — / 7 | No citation count (not found in OpenAlex) — left out of this score |
| Citations per year | — / 5 | No citation count or no year — left out of this score |
| Impact for its field and year | — / 6 | No field-weighted citation impact (OpenAlex has none yet) — left out of this score |
| Cited by studies here | — / 6 | Not yet checked against this library's citation graph — left out of this score |
| Still being cited | — / 4 | No yearly citation counts — left out of this score |
| Senior author's track record | — / 4 | Senior author's record not available — left out of this score |
| Institution's track record | — / 3 | No institution listed in OpenAlex — left out of this score |
| Multi-centre collaboration | — / 3 | Institutions not listed — left out of this score |
| Indexed in PubMed | 2 / 2 | Indexed in PubMed (PMID 17413132) |
| Free to read | 0 / 2 | Behind a paywall — scores zero |
| Points | 21 / 58 | Scored on 11 of 20 parts. We have no data for the rest, so they are left out: 21 of the 58 points we could judge it on is 36 out of 100. |
| Total | 36 / 100 | — |
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APA 7th
Andel, R., Hyer, K., & Slack, A. (2007). Risk Factors for Nursing Home Placement in Older Adults With and Without Dementia. Journal of Aging and Health. https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264307299359
Vancouver
Andel R, Hyer K, Slack A. Risk Factors for Nursing Home Placement in Older Adults With and Without Dementia. Journal of Aging and Health. 2007. doi:10.1177/0898264307299359. PMID: 17413132.
BibTeX
@article{andel2007-17413132,
author = {Andel, Ross and Hyer, Kathryn and Slack, April},
title = {{Risk Factors for Nursing Home Placement in Older Adults With and Without Dementia}},
journal = {Journal of Aging and Health},
year = {2007},
doi = {10.1177/0898264307299359},
pmid = {17413132},
url = {https://doi.org/10.1177/0898264307299359}
}