RESEARCH ON LONG-TERM CARE FACILITIES FOR OLDER PEOPLE IN BRAZIL FROM 1999-2018

This dataset was created for a Scoping Review that aimed to explore the characteristics, strengths, and gaps in research conducted in Brazilian long-term care facilities (LTCF) for older adults. Electronic searches investigating the residents (≥60 years old), their families, and the LTCF workforce in Brazil were conducted in Medline, EMBASE, LILACS, as well as Google Scholar, within the timescale of 1999 to 2018, limited to English, Portuguese, or Spanish. The reference lists were hand-searched for additional papers. The Mixed Methods Appraisal Tool was used for critical appraisal of evidence. Data were reported descriptively considering the study design, using content analysis: 327 studies were included (n=159 quantitative non-randomized, n=82 quantitative descriptive, n=67 qualitative, n=11 mixed methods, n=6 randomized controlled trials, and n=2 translation of assessment tools). Regardless of the study design, most were conducted in a single LTCF(45.8%), in urban locations(84.3%), and in non-profit settings(38.7%). The randomized trials and descriptive studies presented the lowest methodological quality based on the MMAT tool. This is the first review to provide an overview of research on LTCF for older people in Brazil. It illustrated an excess of small scale, predominantly qualitative papers, many of which are reported in ways that do not allow the quality of the work to be assured.