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John P. Hirdes
Researcher at University of Waterloo
Publications - 319
Citations - 11893
John P. Hirdes is an academic researcher from University of Waterloo. The author has contributed to research in topics: Health care & Mental health. The author has an hindex of 50, co-authored 288 publications receiving 10483 citations. Previous affiliations of John P. Hirdes include University of Michigan & University of Guelph.
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Development of a minimum data set-based depression rating scale for use in nursing homes.
TL;DR: Items from the Minimum Data Set can be organized to screen for depression in nursing-home residents and maximized sensitivity with minimal loss of specificity when tested against cut-offs for mild to moderate depression in the derivation sample and in the validation sample.
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Comprehensive Clinical Assessment in Community Setting: Applicability of the MDS‐HC
John N. Morris,Brant E. Fries,Knight Steel,Naoki Ikegami,Roberto Bernabei,G. Iain Carpenter,R. Gilgen,John P. Hirdes,Eva Topinkova +8 more
TL;DR: The results of an international trial of the home care version of the MDS assessment and problem identification system (the MDS‐HC) are described, including reliability estimates, and an examination of the types of problems found in home care clients using the M DS‐HC.
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Reliability of the interRAI suite of assessment instruments: a 12-country study of an integrated health information system.
John P. Hirdes,John P. Hirdes,Gunnar Ljunggren,John N. Morris,Dinnus Frijters,Harriet Finne Soveri,Len Gray,Magnus Björkgren,Reudi Gilgen +8 more
TL;DR: The results indicate that interRAI items retain reliability when used across care settings, paving the way for cross domain application of the instruments as part of an integrated health information system.
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The independent contribution of driver, crash, and vehicle characteristics to driver fatalities
TL;DR: Data suggest that increasing seatbelt use, reducing speed, and reducing the number and severity of driver-side impacts may prevent fatalities, and the specific safety needs of older and female drivers may need to be addressed separately from those of men and younger drivers.
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The MDS‐CHESS Scale: A New Measure to Predict Mortality in Institutionalized Older People
TL;DR: A scale predicting mortality and other adverse outcomes associated with frailty is proposed to be developed to develop a scale predicting frailty.