ArticleBMC public health2006
Preventive home visits postpone mortality--a controlled trial with time-limited results.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Preventive home visits for mortality, morbidity, and institutionalization in older adults: a systematic review and meta-analysis.PloS one · 2014Pooled it
- Complex interventions to improve physical function and maintain independent living in elderly people: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Lancet (London, England) · 2008Pooled it
- For whom is a health-promoting intervention effective? Predictive factors for performing activities of daily living independently.BMC geriatrics · 2016Trial
- Cost-utility analysis of a preventive home visit program for older adults in Germany.BMC health services research · 2015Trial
- Long-term effect on mortality of a home intervention that reduces functional difficulties in older adults: results from a randomized trial.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2009Trial
- "GENOGRAM Physician Involvement Model" New Approach for Indonesian Physician Involvement with Family.Korean journal of family medicine · 2020Article
- Modelling long-term cost-effectiveness of health promotion for community-dwelling older people.European journal of ageing · 2019Article
- [Effectiveness of preventive house visits for elderly people : Systematic assessment of current literature].Zeitschrift fur Gerontologie und Geriatrie · 2018Review
- How do older persons understand the purpose and relevance of preventive home visits? A study of experiences after a first visit.Nursing research and practice · 2014Article
- Preventive home visits and health--experiences among very old people.BMC public health · 2013Article
- First Steps towards Evidence-Based Preventive Home Visits: Experiences Gathered in a Swedish Municipality.Journal of aging research · 2012Article
- Nutritional status and health care costs for the elderly living in municipal residential homes--an intervention study.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2011Article
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Abstract
backgroundThere is a debate on whether preventive home visits to older people have any impact. This study was undertaken to investigate whether preventive home visits by professional health workers to older persons can postpone mortality in a Swedish context.
methodA controlled trial in a small community in the north of Sweden. Participants are healthy pensioners aged 75 years and over. 196 pensioners were selected as the intervention group and 346 as the control group. The intervention, two visits per year, lasted two years.
resultsDuring the intervention, mortality was 27 per 1000 in the intervention group and 48 per 1000 in the control group. The incidence rate ratio for the control group IR2000-2001 was 1.79 (95% CI = 0.94-3.40). Analysing the data with an "on treatment approach" gave a significant result, 2.31 (95% CI = 1.07-5.02) After the trial the difference between the groups disappeared.
conclusionPreventive home visits in a healthy older population can postpone mortality in a Swedish context if they are carried out by professional health-workers in a structured way. When the home visit programme ended the effect on mortality disappeared. These findings are dependent on contextual factors that make it difficult to form general policy recommendations.
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