ArticleAge and ageing2023
Outcome measures from international older adult care home intervention research: a scoping review.
Article in Age and ageing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.
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11 citing papers in PubMed.
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- Piloting a minimum data set (MDS) in english care homes: a qualitative study of professional perspectives on implementation and data use.BMC geriatrics · 2025Article
- Variations in Prescribing Rates of End-of-Life Medications Among Long-Term Care Residents in Alberta Compared with Ontario-a Retrospective Cohort Study.Canadian geriatrics journal : CGJ · 2025Article
- Public Involvement to Enhance Care Home Research; Collaboration on a Minimum Data Set for Care Homes.Health expectations : an international journal of public participation in health care and health policy · 2025Article
- Piloting a minimum data set for older people living in care homes in England: a developmental study.Age and ageing · 2025Article
- Generating and translating evidence for safe and effective medication management in aged care homes.British journal of clinical pharmacology · 2025Review
- Not daily, sometimes not ever - mixed methods exploration of the contemporary relevance of tasks contained in extended activities of daily living scales.Age and ageing · 2024Article
- Activity provider-facilitated patient and public involvement with care home residents.Research involvement and engagement · 2024Article
- Data resource profile: the virtual international care homes trials archive (VICHTA).International journal of population data science · 2023Review
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Abstract
backgroundCare homes are increasingly important settings for intervention research to enhance evidence-informed care. For such research to demonstrate effectiveness, it is essential that measures are appropriate for the population, setting and practice contexts.
objectiveTo identify care home intervention studies and describe the resident outcome measures used.
designScoping review.
methodsWe reviewed international care home research published from 2015 to August 2022. We searched MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and ASSIA. We included any intervention study conducted in a care home, reporting resident outcomes. We extracted resident outcome measures, organised these using the domains of an adapted framework and described their use.
resultsFrom 7,330 records screened, we included 396 datasets reported in 436 publications. These included 12,167 care homes and 836,842 residents, with an average of 80 residents per study. The studies evaluated 859 unique resident outcomes 2,030 times using 732 outcome measures. Outcomes were evaluated between 1 and 112 times, with 75.1% of outcomes evaluated only once. Outcome measures were used 1-120 times, with 68.4% of measures used only once. Only 14 measures were used ≥20 times. Functional status, mood & behaviour and medications were the commonest outcome domains assessed. More than half of outcomes were assessed using scales, with a fifth using existing records or administrative data.
conclusionsThere is significant heterogeneity in the choice and assessment of outcomes for intervention research in care homes. There is an urgent need to develop a consensus on useful and sensitive tools for care homes, working with residents, families and friends and staff.
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