Severe Behavioral Health Manifestations in Nursing Homes: Associations with Service Availability?

ABSTRACT:

Background/objectives

Despite high prevalence of behavioral health (BH) manifestations among nursing home (NH) residents, availability of BH services in this care setting is often inadequate. Our objective was to examine associations between availability of BH services and the presence of severe depression, suicidal ideation (SI), and severe aggressive behaviors (ABs) among NH residents.

Design

Cross-sectional.

Setting/participants

This study used 2017 survey data about BH service availability obtained from 1,051 NHs. The Minimum Data Set (MDS) was used to identify long-stay residents in these facilities (N = 101,238) and the prevalence of BH manifestations. Descriptive statistics and multivariable logistic regressions were used.

Measurements

We constructed mea

SUBMITTER: Orth J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8269953 | biostudies-literature | 2020 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature