Environmental factors predict the severity of delirium symptoms in long-term care residents with and without delirium

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 61, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 502-511

  McCusker, Jane ^a,b   Cole, Martin G ^a,b   Voyer, Philippe ^c   Vu, Minh ^d,e   Ciampi, Antonio ^a,b   Monette, Johanne ^f,g   Champoux, Nathalie ^e,h   Belzile, Eric ^a   Dyachenko, Alina ^a  

^a ST MARY S HOSPITAL   (Canada)

^b MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^d CENTRE HOSPITALIER DE L UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^e UNIVERSITÉ DE MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

^f MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^g Donald Berman Maimonides Geriatric Center   (Canada)

^h CENTRE DE RECHERCHE   (Canada)

Author keywords

aged; delirium; long term care; risk factors

Indexed keywords

PRESCRIPTION DRUG; WATER;

AGED; ARTICLE; BED; COHORT ANALYSIS; DELIRIUM; DEMENTIA; DIET SUPPLEMENTATION; DISEASE SEVERITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; FAMILY; FEMALE; HEARING AID; HEARING IMPAIRMENT; HUMAN; LONG TERM CARE; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; NURSING HOME PATIENT; OBSERVATIONAL STUDY; ORIENTATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PRESCRIPTION; PROSPECTIVE STUDY; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SENSORY STIMULATION; SPECTACLES; VISUAL IMPAIRMENT;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CANADA; COHORT STUDIES; CONFUSION; DELIRIUM; FEMALE; HEALTH STATUS; HUMANS; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; MENTAL HEALTH; PROSPECTIVE STUDIES; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES; RISK FACTORS; SEVERITY OF ILLNESS INDEX; SOCIAL ENVIRONMENT;

EID: 84876282922     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.12164     Document Type: Article

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