title: Changes in resident mix in nursing homes: cognitive and sensory data from a (redesigned) sampling plan.
abstract: In planning and implementing a study, we unintentionally and serendipitously obtained data about changes in resident mix over a 2.8-yr. period. We screened residents of a 184-bed nursing home for cognition and sensorium in October 1984 to assess sampling feasibility for a grant proposal in preparation. At that time, 65.2% of the residents met the sampling criteria. However, in July/August 1987, after award of funding, only 5.4% of residents of the same nursing home met the cognitive and sensory criteria. We were forced to recruit from an additional six nursing homes, in which only 9.3% of residents met the sampling criteria.
authors.affiliation: University of Virginia, Western State Hospital.
authors.forename: I L
authors.initials: IL
authors.lastname: Abraham
authors.forename: M M
authors.initials: MM
authors.lastname: Neundorfer
authors.forename: W R
authors.initials: WR
authors.lastname: Cowling
authors.forename: S D
authors.initials: SD
authors.lastname: Sutorius
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D003072:Cognition Disorders / Q000453:epidemiology*; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D003866:Depressive Disorder / Q000453:epidemiology*; D004185:Disability Evaluation; D006319:Hearing Loss, Sensorineural / Q000453:epidemiology*; D006707:Homes for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D015994:Incidence; D009735:Nursing Homes; D011304:Presbycusis / Q000453:epidemiology*; D011305:Presbyopia / Q000453:epidemiology*; D014481:United States / Q000453:epidemiology