The Minimum Data Set Prevalence of Restraint Quality Indicator: Does It Reflect Differences in Care?
Author(s) -
John F. Schnelle,
Barbara M. BatesJensen,
Lené LevyStorms,
Valena Grbic,
June Yoshii,
Mary Cadogan,
Sandra F. Simmons
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
the gerontologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.524
H-Index - 138
eISSN - 1758-5341
pISSN - 0016-9013
DOI - 10.1093/geront/44.2.245
Subject(s) - quartile , minimum data set , medicine , percentile , cross sectional study , percentile rank , environmental health , gerontology , nursing homes , physical therapy , nursing , confidence interval , statistics , mathematics , pathology
This study investigated whether the use of restraining devices and related measures of care quality are different in nursing homes that score in the upper and lower quartiles on the Minimum Data Set (MDS) "prevalence of restraint" quality indicator, which assesses daily use of restraining devices when residents are out of bed.
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