Trial reportClinical interventions in aging2013
Nurse home visits with or without alert buttons versus usual care in the frail elderly: a randomized controlled trial.
Trial report in Clinical interventions in aging, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers, 5 of them syntheses that pooled it.
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13 citing papers in PubMed, 5 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 28 citations in OpenAlex.
- Evidence on non-pharmacological interventions for preventing or reversing physical frailty in community-dwelling older adults aged over 50 years: overview of systematic reviews.BMC geriatrics · 2025Pooled it
- A Systematic Review of Frailty Interventions in Community-Based Low and Middle-Income Settings.International journal of public health · 2025Pooled it
- Effects of health care interventions on quality of life among frail elderly: a systematized review.Clinical interventions in aging · 2019Pooled it
- Interventions for frail community-dwelling older adults have no significant effect on adverse outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC geriatrics · 2018Pooled it
- Effectiveness of interventions to prevent pre-frailty and frailty progression in older adults: a systematic review.JBI database of systematic reviews and implementation reports · 2018Pooled it
- Understanding the implementation of interventions to improve the management of frailty in primary care: a rapid realist review.BMJ open · 2022Review
- Effect of Home Visits by Nurses on the Physical and Psychosocial Health of Older Adults: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Iranian journal of public health · 2022Review
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- The use of technology in the context of frailty screening and management interventions: a study of stakeholders' perspectives.BMC medical informatics and decision making · 2019Article
- Structuring a conceptual model for cost-effectiveness analysis of frailty interventions.PloS one · 2019Article
- Mortality and associated risk factors for older adults admitted to the emergency department: a hospital cohort.BMC geriatrics · 2018Article
- Can we do better? Economic analysis of human resource investment to improve home care service for the elderly in Serbia.Clinical interventions in aging · 2016Review
- Screening for frailty: older populations and older individuals.Public health reviews · 2016Article
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9 authors at 5 institutions in 1 country.
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Abstract
objectiveTo assess whether an intervention based on nurse home visits including alert buttons (NV+AB) is effective in reducing frailty compared to nurse home visits alone (NV-only) and usual care (control group) for older adults.
designUnblinded, randomized, controlled trial.
settingInsured population covered by the Mexican Social Security Institute living in the city of Ensenada, Baja California, Mexico.
participantsPatients were aged over 60 years with a frailty index score higher than 0.14.
interventionAfter screening and informed consent, participants were allocated randomly to the control, NV+AB, or NV-only groups. MEASUREMENTS: The primary outcome was the frailty score 9 months later. Quality of life, depression, comorbidities, health status, and health service utilization were also considered.
resultsThe framing sample included 819 patients. Of those, 591 were not located because they did not have a landline/telephone (341 patients), they had died (107), they were ill (50), or they were not currently living in the city (28). A screening interview was applied to 228 participants, and 57 had a score ≤0.14, 171 had ≥0.14, and 16 refused to complete the baseline questionnaire. A home visit was scheduled for 155 patients. However, 22 did not complete the baseline questionnaire. The final 133 subjects were randomized into the NV+AB (n = 45), NV-only (n = 44), and control (n = 44) groups. There were no statistically significant differences in the baseline characteristics of the groups. The mean age overall was 76.3 years (standard deviation 4.7) and 45% were men. At the baseline, 61.65% were classified as frail. At end of follow-up the adjusted prevalence of frailty in NV+AB group was 23.3% versus 58.3% in the control group.
conclusionAn intervention based on NV+AB seems to have a positive effect on frailty scores.
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