title: The Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly questionnaire as a tool for the assessment of needs in elderly individuals living in long-term care institutions.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  The aim of the study was to evaluate the Camberwell Assessment of Need for the Elderly questionnaire (CANE) in assessing the needs of elderly individuals living in long-term care institutions (LTCI) in Poland.
  
  
  METHODS
  The needs of 173 residents were assessed. The inclusion criteria were age (at least 75 years of age) and the lack of severe cognitive impairment (Mini Mental Scale Examination score of at least 15 points).
  
  
  METHODS
  In all participants, met and unmet needs were assessed by themselves and by the nursing staff involved in care activities.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The number of met needs assessed by the staff was higher than in the users' opinions (p<0.0001), whereas the number of unmet needs was lower (p<0.001). However, the average percentage of the agreement between the user and the staff was as high as 86.2%. The areas characterized by the lowest agreement were Company (65.3%), Memory (75.7%), Eyesight/hearing/communication (70.5%) and Psychological distress (70.5%).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Despite a high percentage of agreement reached between the staff and user assessments of needs in our study, we were able to identify the areas of discrepancies between these two perceptions of needs. These can be treated as signals pointing to those aspects of care that should be addressed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Medicine, Laboratory for Geriatrics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rusa 55, 61-245 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: kwt@tobis.pl.
authors.forename: Katarzyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Wieczorowska-Tobis
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 11 M. Smoluchowskiego Street, 60-179 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: pati.talarska@neostrada.pl.
authors.forename: Dorota
authors.initials: D
authors.lastname: Talarska
authors.affiliation: Department of Palliative Medicine, Laboratory for Geriatrics, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Rusa 55, 61-245 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: skropins@ump.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Sylwia
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kropińska
authors.affiliation: Department of Neurological and Psychiatric Nursing, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 11 M. Smoluchowskiego Street, 60-179 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: jaracz@ump.edu.pl.
authors.forename: Krystyna
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Jaracz
authors.affiliation: Department of Geriatric Medicine and Gerontology, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Święcickiego Street, 60-781 Poznan, Poland Home Hospice, Bednarska Street, 60-571 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: stobis@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Sławomir
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Tobis
authors.affiliation: Department of Adult Psychiatry, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, Szpitalna Street, 60-572 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: asuwalska@gmail.com.
authors.forename: Aleksandra
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Suwalska
authors.affiliation: Faculty of Nursing and Health Sciences, Chair of Oncology and Environmental Health, Community Nursing Unit, Medical University of Lublin, Staszica Street, 20-81 Lublin, Poland. Electronic address: hakach@op.pl.
authors.forename: Hanna
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Kachaniuk
authors.affiliation: Upper Silesian Rehabilitation Centre "Repty", Śniadeckiego Street, 42-604 Tarnowskie Góry, Poland. Electronic address: justyna_mazurek@poczta.onet.pl.
authors.forename: Justyna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Mazurek
authors.affiliation: Department of Preventive Medicine, Faculty of Medical Sciences, Poznan University of Medical Sciences, 11 M. Smoluchowskiego Street, 60-179 Poznan, Poland. Electronic address: agadymek@interia.pl.
authors.forename: Agnieszka
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Dymek-Skoczyńska
authors.affiliation: Department of Psychiatry, Wroclaw Medical University, Wybrzeże L. Pasteura 10, 50-367 Wroclaw, Poland. Electronic address: joanna.rymaszewska@umed.wroc.pl.
authors.forename: Joanna
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Rymaszewska
mesh_terms: D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D001291:Attitude of Health Personnel; D005260:Female; D015577:Geriatric Assessment / Q000379:methods / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D005852:Geriatric Psychiatry; D006299:Health Services for the Aged; D006801:Humans; D008134:Long-Term Care; D008297:Male; D020380:Needs Assessment / Q000592:standards*; D009740:Nursing Staff; D011044:Poland; D015203:Reproducibility of Results; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires
keywords: CANE; Needs assessment; Nursing home