Prospective assessment of dementia on transitions in homeboundness using multistate Markov models.

ABSTRACT:

Background

One in 20 older adults in the United States is homebound and rarely/never leaves home. Although being homebound decreases the quality of the lived experience of individuals with serious illnesses, little is known about the frequency or likelihood of transitions in or out of homebound status. The objective of this study was to characterize the probability of transitions to and from homebound status among older adults and examine the relationship between dementia status and homebound transitions.

Methods

Using 2011-2018 data from the National Health and Aging Trends Study (NHATS), a nationally representative longitudinal study of aging in the United States, we identified 6375 community-dwelling Medicare beneficiaries. Homebound status (independent, semi-homebound (l

SUBMITTER: Ornstein KA 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8986556 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature