ArticleAmerican journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias2014
Functional Decline Predicts Emergency Department Use in Veterans With Dementia.
Article in American journal of Alzheimer's disease and other dementias, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to trial NCT00291161 (Partners in Dementia Care), which is not on this map. Cited by 5 papers.
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5 citing papers in PubMed.
- "I know you didn't want to stay": emergency department conversations about disposition for people living with dementia.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Physical Activity and Acute Care Utilization Among Older Adults With Mild Cognitive Impairment and Dementia.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2025Article
- Urgent care for patients with dementia: a scoping review of associated factors and stakeholder experiences.BMJ open · 2020Article
- Acute Healthcare Utilization of a Multidisciplinary Neurocognitive Dementia Patient Cohort.Journal of clinical neurology (Seoul, Korea) · 2020Article
- Emergency Department Use by Community-Dwelling Individuals With Dementia in the United States: An Integrative Review.Journal of gerontological nursing · 2018Review
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Abstract
backgroundWe examined emergency room (ER) utilization by persons with dementia (PWDs) using caregiver and patient characteristics as predictors.
methodsA secondary analysis of 296 veteran-caregiver dyads. Caregivers recorded PWD baseline characteristics and noted ER visits over the next year. Two sets of regression models analyzed categorical ER use and repeat ER use.
resultsIn the univariate analysis, categorical use of the ER was predicted by patients' functional status (P ≤ .008) and Veterans Affairs priority grouping (P ≤ .02). Repeat ER admissions were predicted by functional status (P ≤ .04), number of chronic conditions (P ≤ .01), and caregiver-reported relationship strain (P ≤ .04). In multivariate analysis, categorical ER use was predicted by functional status (P ≤ .02), priority grouping (P ≤ .03), and number of chronic conditions (P ≤ .06).
conclusionsFunctional status most strongly predicted ER use, highlighting the promise of home-based interventions to improve activities of daily living. Number of chronic conditions and caregiver-reported relationship strain are potential targets of intervention during discharge process.
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