Abstract Over the past 5–10 years, zero-inflated (ZI) count regression models have been
increasingly applied to the analysis of dental caries indices (eg DMFT, dfms). The main …

Objective. This analysis determines the importance of geography and spatial behavior as
predisposing and enabling factors in rural health care utilization, controlling for …

Context: Access to transportation to transverse the large distances between residences and
health services in rural settings is a necessity. However, little research has examined directly …

Purpose: Considering the increasing proportion of residents in long-term care who have
dementia, and the important influence that direct care providers have on resident quality of …

Recent years have seen a surge of interest in stepped-wedge cluster randomized trials (SW-
CRTs). SW-CRTs include several design variations and methodology is rapidly developing …

Purpose: There are few empirical studies relating components of long-term care to quality of
life for residents with dementia. This study relates elements of dementia care in residential …

OBJECTIVES: To examine the relationship of urinary incontinence (UI) and depressive
symptoms (DS) in older adults. DESIGN: A randomized, controlled trial to determine the …

Background" Activity space" has been used to examine how people's habitual movements
interact with their environment, and can be used to examine accessibility to healthcare …

Background Although bone mineral density (BMD) testing to screen for osteoporosis (BMD T
score,− 2.50 or lower) is recommended for women 65 years of age or older, there are few …

OBJECTIVES: To determine whether high‐intensity ambient light in public areas of long‐
term care facilities will improve sleeping patterns and circadian rhythms of persons with …