Impact of cognitive decline on medical outcomes and nursing workload: A retrospective cohort study.

ABSTRACT: Few reports have quantitatively investigated the effect of dementia on medical outcomes and nurse workload. Therefore, we aimed to investigate whether cognitive decline can be identified from a nurse assessment and determined its effect on medical outcomes and nurse workload. This retrospective cohort study used electronic medical record data to investigate whether patients judged by nurses to have cognitive decline were as affected as those with a dementia diagnosis. Further, a model formula was created and validated to predict the probability of needing physical restraint, the nursing care workload, and the record volume. The subjects were 43,330 patients aged ≥40 years who were hospitalized at the study hospital during the four-year study period. Data were analyzed using the chi-square

SUBMITTER: Iwaanakuchi T 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10664958 | biostudies-literature | 2023

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature