Social connection and physical health outcomes among long-term care home residents: a scoping review

BMC Geriatrics

Table 4 Characteristics of physical health outcomes used in studies included in scoping review

Physical health outcomes characteristics
Total articles n (%)	34 (100)
Physical health outcome categories
Mortality	8 (23.5)
Self-rated health	6 (17.6)
Sleep and fatigue	5 (14.7)
Nutrition and hydration	5 (14.7)
Stress	2 (5.9)
Frailty	2 (5.9)
Other^a	6 (17.6)

^aOther measures of physical health included functional decline, successful aging, pain, self-feeding dependence over time, MRSA carriage, and multiple (including bladder or bowel incontinence, urinary tract infections, faecel impaction, little or no activity, bedfast residents, stage 1–4 ulcers, and falls)

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