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ReviewJournal of the American Geriatrics Society2010

Physical and mental health of homebound older adults: an overlooked population.

Wei Qiao Qiu, Michael Dean, Timothy Liu, Linda George, Margery Gann, Joshua Cohen, Martha L Bruce

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Review in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. It is linked to 2 registered trials, which are not on this map. Cited by 125 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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125citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

NCT02719626 completednot on this mapstarted 2011, after this paper: background citation

Improving The Safety And Nutritional Adequacy Of The Home Food Supply Of Elderly Recipients Of Home Delivered Meals

TypeobservationalSponsorRutgers, The State University of New JerseyRan2011 to 2013Enrolled740ConditionsFood Safety, Nutritive Value, Homebound Persons, Frail Elderly
NCT06608589 narecruitingnot on this mapstarted 2023, after this paper: background citation

CONSTELLATIONS Living Lab: Development, Implementation and Evaluation of a Patient-oriented Quality Improvement Program Targeting Care Transitions of Older Adults Living with Major Neurocognitive Disorders and Their Caregivers.

TypeinterventionalSponsorLaval UniversityRan2023 to 2026Enrolled700ConditionsAlzheimer Disease, Dementia, Neurocognitive DeclineArmsCoMPAS+ MNCDs Program - Quality improvement program targeting the care transitions of patients living with a major neurocognitive disorder and their caregivers
3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

125 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  4. Multidimensional factors affecting homebound older adults: A systematic review.Journal of nursing scholarship : an official publication of Sigma Theta Tau International Honor Society of Nursing · 2022
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  10. Translating Strong for Life Into the Community Care Program: Lessons Learned.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2017
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  12. Correlates of Homebound Status by Rural/Urban Location, Socio-Demographic Characteristics, and Health Status.Journal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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  15. Practice Acquisitions in Home-Based Medical Care in the United States.Journal of the American Geriatrics Society · 2026
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  16. CAPABLEJournal of applied gerontology : the official journal of the Southern Gerontological Society · 2026
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65 more citing papers are in PubMed but not listed here.

4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

7 authors.

Wei Qiao QiuDepartment of Psychiatry, Boston University Medical Campus, Boston, Massachusetts 02118, USA. wqiu67@bu.edu
Michael Dean
Timothy Liu
Linda George
Margery Gann
Joshua Cohen
Martha L Bruce

Funding

Effectiveness of a Depression Care Management Initiative in Home HealthcareR01MH082425 · NIMH · WEILL MEDICAL COLL OF CORNELL UNIV · PI BRUCE, MARTHA L · 2008 to 2012
$2.8M
Plasma Amyloid-beta Peptides, Depression and Alzheimer's Disease in the HomeboundR01AG031171 · NIA · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI QIU, WEI QIAO WENDY · 2009 to 2013
$2.0M
Insulin, Cognitive Impairment and Alzheimer's DiseaseK23AG022476 · NIA · TUFTS MEDICAL CENTER · PI QIU, WEI QIAO WENDY · 2003 to 2007
$658k
NIA NIH HHS AG-022476NIA NIH HHS K23 AG022476NIA NIH HHS R01 AG031171NIMH NIH HHS MH-082425NIMH NIH HHS R01 MH082425
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There are currently more than 38.9 million people aged 65 an older in the United States. Up to 3.6 million of these people are considered housebound and in need of home-based care. Although homebound status is not defined specifically, with a broad range of disability levels, it is evident that people who are homebound suffer from a multitude of medical and psychiatric illnesses. This review examines the current literature to identify the specific physical and psychiatric factors most responsible for older adults becoming and remaining housebound. Homebound older adults suffer from metabolic, cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and musculoskeletal diseases, as well as from cognitive impairment, dementia, and depression, at higher rates than the general elderly population. The information in this review will explain the specific types of care the homebound population needs and discuss the care that could help ease their suffering and delay their entry into a nursing home or hospital.

Indexed as

Frail ElderlyHealth StatusMental HealthAgedAged, 80 and overBody Mass IndexCardiovascular DiseasesChronic DiseaseCognition DisordersDementiaDepressive DisorderDiabetes MellitusEvidence-Based MedicineHomebound PersonsHumansHypertension

Identifiers

PMID21070195
PMCPMC3044592

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