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Factors associated with admission to a geriatric hospital in semisuburban southern Japan
Author(s) -
Arai Yumiko,
Washio Masakazu,
Kudo Kei
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
psychiatry and clinical neurosciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.609
H-Index - 74
eISSN - 1440-1819
pISSN - 1323-1316
DOI - 10.1046/j.1440-1819.2000.00661.x
Subject(s) - odds ratio , barthel index , daughter , odds , medicine , activities of daily living , gerontology , nursing homes , kinship , dementia , pediatrics , physical therapy , logistic regression , nursing , disease , evolutionary biology , political science , law , biology
A case‐control study was conducted to evaluate the factors associated with admission to a geriatric hospital. Case studied were 13 Japanese elderly who were admitted to a geriatric hospital because their female caregivers had found it impossible to look after them at home. We used 35 pairs of elderly and female caregivers, who were receiving domiciliary visits by nurses, in the catchment area of the hospital. The present study revealed that elderly with dementia ( vs without; Odds ratio = 6.69) and with moderately limited activities of daily living (Barthel Index 61 +) ( vs severely limited activities of daily living: Barthel Index 0–60; Odds ratio = 6.62), caregivers being a daughter‐in‐law ( vs other kinship; Odds ratio = 6.30), were risk factors.