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Predictors of Nursing Home Placement in Parkinson's Disease: A Population‐Based, Prospective Study

Aarsland, Dag, Larsen, Jan Petter, Tandberg, Elise, Laake, Knut·2000·Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

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OBJECTIVES : To examine the rate and predictors of nursing home placement in patients with Parkinson's disease. DESIGN : Four‐year prospective study. SETTING : A population‐based study in western Norway PARTICIPANTS : 178 community‐dwelling subjects with Parkinson's disease. MEASUREMENTS : Main outcome measure was the time from baseline to nursing home admission. Baseline evaluation of motor symptoms (Unified Parkinson's Disease Rating Scale, UPDRS), cognition (clinical dementia interview, Gottfries, Bråne & Steen dementia scale, and Mini‐Mental State Examination), depression (clinical interview and the Montgomery & Åsberg Depression Rating Scale), and psychotic symptoms (UPDRS Thought Disorder item) were performed. RESULTS : Forty‐seven patients (26.4%) were admitted to a nursing home during the 4‐year study period. Institutionalized patients were older, had more advanced Parkinson's disease with more severe motor symptoms and impairment of activities of daily living, were cognitively more impaired, were more often living alone, and had more hallucinations than those who continued to live at home. Duration of disease, levodopa dose, and gender distribution did not differ between the two groups. A Cox proportional hazards linear regression analysis showed that old age, functional impairment, dementia, and hallucinations were independent predictors of nursing home admission. CONCLUSIONS : Both motor and neuropsychiatric symptoms contributed to institutionalization, but the presence of hallucinations was the strongest predictor. This finding indicates it is possible that effective treatment of hallucinations may reduce the need for institutionalization in patients with Parkinson's disease. J Am Geriatr Soc 48:938–942, 2000 .

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  • Parkinson disease is progressive, and dementia and medication-refractory motor problems are common reasons for late-stage nursing-home placement.

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Authors
Aarsland, D., Larsen, J. P., Tandberg, E., & Laake, K.
Affiliations
  • Stavanger University Hospital (NO)
  • Oslo University Hospital (NO)
Corresponding author
Aarsland, Dag
Venue
Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Publisher
Wiley
Published
2000-08
Volume
48
Issue
8
Pages
938-942
ISSN
  • 0002-8614 (ISSN-L)
  • 1532-5415
OpenAlex
W2083220625
Cited by
811
References
21
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FWCI
7.66
Type
journal article
Language
en
Open access
closed
Locations
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society (publishedVersion)
  • PubMed (publishedVersion)
  • Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
Topics
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Neurology › Parkinson's Disease Mechanisms and Treatments
  • Health Sciences › Health Professions › General Health Professions › Geriatric Care and Nursing Homes
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Psychiatry and Mental health › Dementia and Cognitive Impairment Research
Keywords
Parkinson's disease, nursing home admission, institutionalization, predictors of institutionalization, hallucinations, dementia, functional disability, activities of daily living, motor symptoms, neuropsychiatric symptoms, depression, community-dwelling patients
MeSH terms
Activities of Daily Living, Adult, Aged, Aged, 80 and over, Dementia, Female, Hallucinations, Humans, Male, Middle Aged, Norway, Nursing Homes, Parkinson Disease, Patient Admission, Predictive Value of Tests, Prospective Studies, Psychiatric Status Rating Scales, Risk Factors, Severity of Illness Index, Geriatric Assessment, Linear Models, Proportional Hazards Models, Age Distribution, Community Health Planning

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