Trajectories of care of community-dwelling people living with dementia: a multidimensional state sequence analysis.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The type and level of healthcare services required to address the needs of persons living with dementia fluctuate over disease progression. Thus, their trajectories of care (the sequence of healthcare use over time) may vary significantly. We aimed to (1) propose a typology of trajectories of care among community-dwelling people living with dementia; (2) describe and compare their characteristics according to their respective trajectories; and (3) evaluate the association between trajectories membership, socioeconomic factors, and self-perceived health.

Methods

This is an observational study using the data of the innovative Care Trajectories -Enriched Data (TorSaDE) cohort, a linkage between five waves of the Canadian Community Health Survey (CCHS), and health adm

SUBMITTER: Dufour I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10134621 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature