Research

interRAI systems are particularly useful for research. An assessment provides a comprehensive summary of the clinical, functional and psychosocial characteristics of an individual. These data can be used in a wide range of observational or intervention studies.

The advantage is that the measures are standardised, have strong psychometric properties and are in extensive use in practice. The measures can be used to compare the study population with other groups using a wide variety of characteristics.

The derivative summary scales are also useful for measuring the severity of a problem or monitoring progress over time. interRAI Australia is able to assist researchers to access systems, training and suitable software for data collection.

Publications

  1. O’Leary JJ, Reid N, Hubbard RE, Peel NM. Prevalence and factors associated with Advance Health Directives in frail older inpatients. Intern Med J. 2021. doi:10.1111/imj.15338
  2. Wood T, Angevaare M, Leyenaar M, Bala S, Peel N, Gray L, Nguyen KH. How Well Does Self-Reported Health Predict Mortality in an InterRAI Context? An Exploratory Analysis. J Am Med Dir Assoc. 2021. [EPub ahead of print] doi:10.1016/j.jamda.2021.02.018
  3. Lukacisinova A, Fialova D, Peel NM, Hubbard RE, Brkic J, Onder G, Topinkova E, Gindin J, Shochat T, Gray L, Bernabei R. The prevalence and prescribing patterns of benzodiazepines and Z-drugs in older nursing home residents in different European countries and Israel: retrospective results from the EU SHELTER study. BMC Geriatr. 2021;21(1):277. doi:10.1186/s12877-021-02213-x
  4. Peel NM, Hornby-Turner YC, Osborne SR, Henderson A, Hubbard RE, Gray LC. Implementation and Evaluation of a Standardized Nurse-Administered Assessment of Functional and Psychosocial Issues for Patients in Acute Care. Worldviews Evid Based Nurs. 2021. doi:10.1111/wvn.12490
  5. Abey-Nesbit R, Peel NM, Matthews H, Hubbard RE, Nishtala PS, Bergler U, Deely JM, Pickering JW, Schluter PJ, Jamieson HA. Frailty of Maori, Pasifika, and non-Maori/non-Pasifika older people in New Zealand: a national population study of older people referred for home care services. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2020. doi:10.1093/gerona/glaa265
  6. Bloomfield K, Wu Z, Tatton A, Calvert C, Peel N, Hubbard R, et al. An interRAI-derived frailty index is associated with prior hospitalisations in older adults residing in retirement villages. Australas J Ageing.2021;40(1):66-71. doi:10.1111/ajag.12863
  7. Shafiee Hanjani L, Hubbard RE, Freeman CR, Gray LC, Scott IA, Peel NM. Medication use and cognitive impairment among residents of aged care facilities. Intern Med J. 2021;51(4):520-32. doi: https://doi.org/10.1111/imj.14804
  8. Ruangritchankul S, Peel NM, Hanjani LS, Gray LC. Drug related problems in older adults living with dementia. PLoS One. 2020;15(7):e0236830.
  9. Ruangritchankul S, Peel NM, Hanjani LS, Gray LC. The Changes in Medication Prescribing Among the Older People with Cognitive Impairment in the Acute Care Setting. Clin Interv Aging. 2020;15:865-76. doi: 10.2147/Cia.S252432
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