The MDS Mortality Risk Index: The evolution of a method for predicting 6-month mortality in nursing home residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Accurate prognosis is vital to the initiation of advance care planning particularly in a vulnerable, at risk population such as care home residents. The aim of this paper is to report on the revision and simplification of the MDS Mortality Rating Index (MMRI) for use in clinical practice to predict the probability of death in six months for care home residents.

Methods

The design was a secondary analysis of a US Minimum Data Set (MDS) for long term care residents using regression analysis to identify predictors of mortality within six months.

Results

Using twelve easy to collect items, the probability of mortality within six months was accurately predicted within the MDS database. The items are: admission to the care home within three months; lost weight un

SUBMITTER: Porock D 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2913927 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature