Clinical characteristics associated with the onset of delirium among long-term nursing home residents.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Nursing home residents are frail, have multiple medical comorbidities, and are at high risk for delirium. Most of the existing evidence base on delirium is derived from studies in the acute in-patient population. We examine the association between clinical characteristics and medication use with the incidence of delirium during the nursing home stay.

Methods

This is a retrospective cohort study of 1571 residents from 12 nursing homes operated by a single care provider in Ontario, Canada. Residents were over the age of 55 and admitted between February 2010 and December 2015 with no baseline delirium and a minimum stay of 180 days. Residents with moderate or worse cognitive impairment at baseline were excluded. The baseline and follow-up characteristics of residents

SUBMITTER: Cheung ENM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5797375 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature