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JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN GERIATRICS SOCIETY
卷 56, 期 3, 页码 397-404出版社
WILEY
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2007.01565.x
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community care; home visiting; health visiting; frail older people; geriatric assessment and follow-up
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effectiveness of a home visiting program on health-related measures in a population of older people with poor health status. DESIGN: Randomized, clinical trial. SETTING: Community-dwelling citizens in the Netherlands. PARTICIPANTS: Three hundred thirty people aged 70 to 84 randomly assigned to an intervention group (n = 160) or a control group (n = 170). INTERVENTION: Eight home visits, lasting 1 hour or more, with telephone follow-up, over an 18-month period, conducted by experienced home nurses under supervision of a public health nurse; key elements of the (systematic) visits were assessment of health problems and risks, advice, and referral to professional and community services. MEASUREMENTS: Self-rated health, functional status, quality of life, and changes in self-reported problems. RESULTS: No differences were found between the intervention and control group in these and other outcome measures at the end of the intervention period (18 months). CONCLUSION: The home visiting program did not appear to have any effect on the health status of older people with poor health and are probably not beneficial for such persons.
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