Detecting Agitated Behaviors in Nursing Home Residents With Dementia Using Electronic Medical Records.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Agitated behaviors (behaviors) are common in nursing home (NH) residents with Alzheimer's disease and related dementias (ADRD). Pragmatic trials of behavior management interventions rely on routinely collected Minimum Data Set (MDS) data to evaluate study outcomes, despite known underreporting. We describe a method to augment MDS-based behavioral measures with structured and unstructured data from NH electronic medical records (EMR).

Design

Repeated cross-sectional analyses of EMR data from a single multistate NH corporation.

Setting and participants

Long-stay residents (at least 90 days in NH) with ADRD from January 2020 through August 2022.

Methods

Quarterly and annual assessments of NH residents with ADRD during the study period were identified. F

SUBMITTER: Yun H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11606745 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature