Premium
Resident characteristics associated with wandering in nursing homes
Author(s) -
Kiely Dan K.,
Morris John N,
Algase Donna L
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/1099-1166(200011)15:11<1013::aid-gps226>3.0.co;2-x
Subject(s) - dementia , minimum data set , sadness , medicine , antipsychotic , odds ratio , cohort , odds , retrospective cohort study , nursing homes , gerontology , long term care , psychology , psychiatry , schizophrenia (object oriented programming) , nursing , logistic regression , disease , anger
Objectives . This retrospective cohort study examined the association between resident characteristics and the development of wandering behavior. Methods . Subjects included a total of 8982 residents from the states of Mississippi, Texas, and Vermont who had baseline and 3‐month follow‐up Minimum Data Set assessments between 1 January 1996 and 31 December 1997. Results . Residents who had a short‐term memory problem (Odds Ratio (OR) = 3.05), had pneumonia (OR = 3.15), asked repetitive questions (OR = 2.19), had a long‐term memory problem (OR = 2.06), exhibited dementia (OR = 19.4), constipation (OR = 1.82), expressed sadness or pain (OR = 1.65), and used antipsychotic medication (OR = 1.70), were at an increased risk for developing wandering behavior compared to residents without these characteristics. Residents with functional impairment (OR = 0.28) and women (OR = 0.61) were less likely to develop wandering behavior. Conclusions . Results of this study may be useful in constructing causal theories for the development of wandering behavior. Copyright © 2000 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.