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ArticleHealth science reports2022

Home- and community-level predictors of social connection in nursing home residents: A scoping review.

Sara Clemens, Katelynn Aelick, Jessica Babineau, Monica Bretzlaff, Cathleen Edwards, Josie-Lee Gibson, Debbie Hewitt Colborne, Andrea Iaboni, Dee Lender, Denise Schon and 3 more

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Article in Health science reports, 2022. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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13 authors.

Sara ClemensKITE Research Institute Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9841-2059
Katelynn AelickBehavioural Supports Ontario Provincial Coordinating Office North Bay Regional Health Centre North Bay Ontario Canada.
Jessica BabineauLibrary and Information Services University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada.
Monica BretzlaffBehavioural Supports Ontario Provincial Coordinating Office North Bay Regional Health Centre North Bay Ontario Canada.
Cathleen EdwardsFamily Councils Ontario Toronto Ontario Canada.
Josie-Lee GibsonOntario Association of Residents' Councils Newmarket Ontario Canada.
Debbie Hewitt ColborneBehavioural Supports Ontario Provincial Coordinating Office North Bay Regional Health Centre North Bay Ontario Canada.
Andrea IaboniKITE Research Institute Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada.
Dee LenderOntario Association of Residents' Councils Newmarket Ontario Canada.
Denise SchonLakeside Long-Term Care Centre Family Council Toronto Ontario Canada.
Ellen SnowballKITE Research Institute Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada.
Katherine S McGiltonKITE Research Institute Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada.
Jennifer BethellKITE Research Institute Toronto Rehabilitation Institute-University Health Network Toronto Ontario Canada.ORCID https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6141-9011

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Background and Aims: Social connection is associated with better physical and mental health and is an important aspect of the quality of care for nursing home residents. The primary objective of this scoping review was to answer the question: what nursing home and community characteristics have been tested as predictors of social connection in nursing home residents? The secondary objective was to describe the measures of social connection used in these studies. Methods: We searched MEDLINE(R) ALL (Ovid), CINAHL (EBSCO), APA PsycINFO (Ovid), Scopus, Sociological Abstracts (ProQuest), Embase and Embase Classic (Ovid), Emcare Nursing (Ovid), and AgeLine (EBSCO) for research that quantified associations between nursing home and/or community characteristics and resident social connection. Searches were limited to English-language articles published from database inception to search date (July 2019) and update (January 2021). Results: We found 45 studies that examined small-scale home-like settings (17 studies), facility characteristics (14 studies), staffing characteristics (11 studies), care philosophy (nine studies), and community characteristics (five studies). Eight studies assessed multiple home or community-level exposures. The most frequent measures of social connection were study-specific assessments of social engagement (11 studies), the Index of Social Engagement (eight studies) and Qualidem social relations (six studies), and/or social isolation (five studies) subscales. Ten studies assessed multiple social connection outcomes. Conclusion: Research has assessed small-scale home-like settings, facility characteristics, staffing characteristics, care philosophy, and community characteristics as predictors of social connection in nursing home residents. In these studies, there was no broad consensus on best approach(es) to the measurement of social connection. Further research is needed to build an evidence-base on how modifiable built environment, staffing and care philosophy characteristics-and the interactions between these factors-impact residents' social connection.

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nursing home design and constructionpersonnel staffing and schedulingsocial behaviorsocial isolation

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PMID35873395
PMCPMC9297378

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