title: Predictive factors associated with death of elderly in nursing homes.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  An increasing elderly population reflects a great need for readily accessible, clinically useful methods to identify mortality-related factors in nursing home residents. The purpose of this study was to identify factors associated with the deaths of nursing home residents.
  
  
  METHODS
  Data was collected from a Minimal Data Set of 195 elderly nursing home residents, followed by analysis of demographic factors, disease and nursing condition factors, Activities of Daily Living (ADL), cognitive function, behavioral patterns, and dysfunctional status.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Major factors associated with death among nursing home residents were identified as dyspnea (odds ratio [OR] = 4.88), problematic behaviors (OR = 3.95), and ADL (OR = 3.61). These variables accounted for 31.1% of the variance in death.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Dyspnea, problematic behaviors, and ADL data were identified as the key factors associated with death among nursing home residents. Future plans for the prediction of death among nursing home residents can be made by nursing staff, factoring in these identified variables, to ensure more comfortable conditions and more responsive care.
authors.affiliation: College of Nursing, Catholic University of Daegu, Daegu, South Korea. Electronic address: kwseng@cu.ac.kr.
authors.forename: Kiwol
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Sung
mesh_terms: D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D004417:Dyspnea / Q000401:mortality; D005260:Female; D006707:Homes for the Aged / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D008297:Male; D009026:Mortality / Q000639:trends*; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D056910:Republic of Korea / Q000453:epidemiology; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods; D012307:Risk Factors; D012920:Social Behavior Disorders / Q000401:mortality
keywords: activities of daily living; death; nursing homes