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ArticleEpidemiology and infection2017

Incidence of pneumonia in nursing home residents with dementia in the Netherlands: an estimation based on three differently designed studies.

T P Zomer, T VAN DER Maaden, A B VAN Gageldonk-Lafeber, S C DE Greeff, J T VAN DER Steen, L Verhoef

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Article in Epidemiology and infection, 2017. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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2 · The registry

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

5 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 8 citations in OpenAlex.

  1. Oral care measures for preventing nursing home-acquired pneumonia.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2022
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  5. Antimicrobial use in European long-term care facilities: results from the third point prevalence survey of healthcare-associated infections and antimicrobial use, 2016 to 2017.Euro surveillance : bulletin Europeen sur les maladies transmissibles = European communicable disease bulletin · 2018
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 3 institutions in 1 country.

T P ZomerCentre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),Bilthoven,the Netherlands.
T VAN DER MaadenCentre for Health Protection, National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),Bilthoven,the Netherlands.
A B VAN Gageldonk-LafeberCentre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),Bilthoven,the Netherlands.
S C DE GreeffCentre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),Bilthoven,the Netherlands.
J T VAN DER SteenDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care (PHEG),Leiden University Medical Center (LUMC),Leiden,the Netherlands.
L VerhoefCentre for Infectious Disease Control (CIb), National Institute for Public Health and the Environment (RIVM),Bilthoven,the Netherlands.
National Institute for Public Health and the Environment · NLGelre Hospitals · NLRadboud University Nijmegen · NL

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Pneumonia leads to considerable morbidity and mortality in nursing home residents with dementia. We assessed pneumonia incidence based on data from three different studies: (1) real-time national surveillance of healthcare-associated infections in nursing home residents in 2009-2015; (2) a randomized controlled trial in 2012-2015 to assess effects of a practical guideline in nursing home residents with dementia and pneumonia; and (3) a study in 2007-2010 to assess quality of dying in newly admitted nursing home residents with dementia. In national surveillance data, pneumonia incidence was calculated separately for psychogeriatric and somatic beds, as a proxy for residents with and without dementia. Weekly pneumonia incidence was significantly lower per 1000 psychogeriatric beds (3·9; 95% confidence interval (CI) 3·2-4·6) compared with 1000 somatic beds (5·7; 95% CI 5·1-6·3). Annual incidence per 1000 psychogeriatric beds was similar in national surveillance (range 78·9-117·1) and the trial (range 71·0-94·3), and significantly higher in newly admitted dementia residents (range 267·3-363·2). The incidence was highest during the first months after admission when compared with residents with longer stay. In conclusion, follow-up of pneumonia in newly admitted dementia residents may result in higher incidence, possibly due to higher risk in this population.

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Nursing HomesCross InfectionDementiaHumansIncidenceNetherlandsPneumoniaDementiaincidencenursing homepneumonia

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PMID28669365
PMCPMC9148816
OpenAlexW2727832604

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