title: Predictors of Long-Term Care Facility Residents' Self-Reported Quality of Life With Individual and Facility Characteristics in Canada.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  Identify predictors of long-term care (LTC) facility residents' self-reported quality of life (QoL).
  
  
  METHODS
  QoL of a convenience sample of 928 residents from 48 volunteer LTC facilities across six Canadian provinces was assessed using the inter-Resident Assessment Instrument (interRAI) Self-Report Nursing Home Quality of Life Survey. Multivariate regression models were used to identify predictors.
  
  
  RESULTS
  In logistic regression modeling, residents who were religious and socially engaged, had a positive global disposition, or resided in rural, private, or municipal facilities were less likely to report low QoL. Those with post-secondary education and who were dependent on activities of daily living were more likely to report low QoL. These factors, except for religiosity and residence in municipal facilities, were significant in generalized estimating equation (GEE) modeling.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  QoL is significantly associated with select resident and LTC facility characteristics with implications for improving residents' QoL and LTC facility programming, and guiding future research and social policy development.
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada vkehyaya@uwaterloo.ca.
authors.forename: Vahe
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Kehyayan
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: John P
authors.initials: JP
authors.lastname: Hirdes
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Suzanne L
authors.initials: SL
authors.lastname: Tyas
authors.affiliation: University of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Stolee
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D002170:Canada; D003430:Cross-Sectional Studies; D005260:Female; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D008875:Middle Aged; D015999:Multivariate Analysis; D009735:Nursing Homes / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D011788:Quality of Life; D057566:Self Report; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors
keywords: interRAI; long-term care homes; predictors of quality of life; quality of life