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Zimmerman S, Anderson W, Brode S, et al. Comparison of Characteristics of Nursing Homes and Other Residential Long-Term Care Settings for People With Dementia [Internet]. Rockville (MD): Agency for Healthcare Research and Quality (US); 2012 Oct. (Comparative Effectiveness Reviews, No. 79.)

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Appendix CEvidence Tables

Evidence Table 1. Characteristics of included studies (MS Word, 44K)

Evidence Table 2. Characteristics of study populations (MS Word, 46K)

Evidence Table 3. Intervention/Exposure components (MS Word, 45K)

Evidence Table 4. Health outcomes for people with dementia: cognitive decline, functional decline, and pain (MS Word, 44K)

Evidence Table 5. Health outcomes for people with dementia: sleep quality and depressive symptoms (MS Word, 43K)

Evidence Table 6. Health outcomes for people with dementia: morbidity, mortality, hospitalizations, and falls (MS Word, 44K)

Evidence Table 7. Psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia: anxiety, affect, quality of life, use of psychoactive medications, use of restraints, and behavior (MS Word, 45K)

Evidence Table 8. Psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia: activity engagement, social engagement, agitation, satisfaction, wandering (MS Word, 46K)

Evidence Table 9. Psychosocial outcomes for people with dementia: autonomy, choice, control, pleasure, quality of dying, spiritual well-being (MS Word, 43K)

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