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SUBMITTER: Osakwe ZT
PROVIDER: S-EPMC6506182 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May/Jun
REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature
Osakwe Zainab Toteh ZT Larson Elaine E Andrews Howard H Shang Jingjing J
Home healthcare now 20190501 3
Activities of daily living (ADLs) is an important measure of the quality of care provided in home healthcare (HHC), but few studies describe the ADLs of HHC patients. The objectives of this study were to (1) describe the types and levels of ADL dependency among patients receiving home care, (2) identify the risk factors for severe ADL dependency at admission, and (3) identify the predictors of ADL improvement during an HHC stay. This was a secondary data analysis of a 5% random sample (n = 105,6 ...[more]