Pan-Canadian estimates of the prevalence and risks associated with critical wandering among home care clients.

ABSTRACT:

Introduction

We used clinical assessment records to provide pan-Canadian estimates of the prevalence and risks associated with recent (within the last 3 days) critical wandering among home care clients, with and without dementia.

Methods

The data source is interRAI Home Care (interRAI HC) assessments. The population was all long-stay home care clients assessed between 2004 and 2021 in seven Canadian provinces and territories (N = 1,598,191). We tested associations between wandering and cognition and dementia diagnoses using chi-square tests and logistic regression.

Results

Approximately 84% of the sample was over the age of 65. The overall rate of recent wandering was 3.0%. Dementia diagnosis was strongly associated with two to four times higher rates in the prevalenc

SUBMITTER: Cruz AM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11485082 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature