The quality of care in Norwegian nursing homes.

BACKGROUND: Promoting the quality of life is an importing aim of the long-term care for the elderly, and the quality of life is related to quality of care (QoC). This way the QoC in nursing homes, and its correlates, is an interesting subject. AIM: To describe to what degree Norwegian nursing homes...

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Publicado en:Scandinavian Journal of Caring Sciences Vol. 20; no. 2; pp. 177 - 184
Autores principales: Kirkevold O, Engedal K
Formato: research tables/charts Journal Article
Publicado: Wiley-Blackwell Jun2006
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          Kirkevold O
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        affil: Norwegian Centre for Dementia Research, Vestfold Mental Health Care Trust, Tønsberg, SEM, Norway. oyvind.kirkevold@nordemens.no
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          Nursing Homes Norway
          Quality of Health Care
          Activities of Daily Living
          Aged
          Aged, 80 and Over
          Bivariate Statistics
          Clinical Assessment Tools
          Confidence Intervals
          Cross Sectional Studies
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          Dementia
          Female
          Functional Status
          Funding Source
          Leisure Activities
          Logistic Regression
          Male
          Multivariate Analysis
          Norway
          Nursing Home Personnel
          Odds Ratio
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      ab: BACKGROUND: Promoting the quality of life is an importing aim of the long-term care for the elderly, and the quality of life is related to quality of care (QoC). This way the QoC in nursing homes, and its correlates, is an interesting subject. AIM: To describe to what degree Norwegian nursing homes provide services in line with the core areas of the 'regulation of care' and whether patient or ward characteristics are associated with the QoC. METHODS AND MATERIAL: Cross-sectional study where data were collected in structured interview of the nursing staff in 251 wards regarding 1926 patients. RESULTS: Most of the patients receive good basic care in Norwegian nursing homes, but taking part in leisure activities and having the opportunity to go out for a walk are more often neglected. Acceptable QoC had a strongly negative association with patient characteristics such as low function in mental capacity, low function in activities of daily living and aggressive behaviour. In most of the measured areas of QoC, ward characteristics, such as type of ward, size of ward and staffing ratio, do have an influence on QoC.
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