A national survey on health-related quality of life for people with dementia in residential long-term care institutions

• DOI: 10.1016/j.jfma.2023.11.012
• Publication Date: 2023-12-09T12:20:04Z
• Authors: Mao-Hsuan Huang; Chia-Fen Tsai; Yung-Shuan Lin; Yu-Shan Kuo; Chih-Cheng Hsu; Jong-Ling Fuh
• Keywords: Clinical Dementia Rating; EQ-5D

Health-related quality of life (HRQoL) is an essential outcome parameter in geriatric research; however, the available evidence mixed regarding factors associated with HRQoL among people dementia. We aimed to identify that contribute dementia residential long-term care (LTC) institutions. randomly selected 299 1607 registered LTC institutions Taiwan. A cross-sectional survey was conducted between 2019 and 2020, including items on demographic characteristics, comorbidities, EuroQol-5 dimensions-5 levels (EQ-5D-5L; utility visual analog scale [VAS] scores), Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE), Clinical Dementia Rating (CDR), behavioral psychological symptoms dementia, activities daily living (ADL), instrumental ADL (IADL). In total, 1313 from 267 were enrolled (mean age, 76.4 ± 12.7 years). The mean EQ-5D-5L VAS scores 0.10 (standard deviation [SD] = 0.48) 66.57 (SD 20.67), respectively. multivariate linear regression analysis, higher for ADL, IADL, CDR sum boxes scores. Higher MMSE Lower more frequent depressive symptoms. severity, cognitive function, influenced Longitudinal studies should be better understand how changes over time disabilities.