Changes in resident mix in nursing homes: cognitive and sensory data from a (redesigned) sampling plan.
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.
Abraham
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University of Virginia, Western State Hospital.
Neundorfer
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Cowling
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Sutorius
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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