ArticleClinical interventions in aging2018
Cost and outcome of occupation-based practice for community dwelling frail elderly: a pilot study.
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Abstract
purposeThe purpose of this pilot study was to determine the effectiveness and costs of the occupation-based practice for community dwelling frail elderly.
designPilot pre-post design without a control group.
settingA care management center involving 37 local elderly. SUBJECT: The final analysis included 26 frail elderly in a community dwelling center.
interventionThe intervention was occupation-based practice involving setting of client-centered goals, observation of real living situations, and provision of advice on the individual problem of real occupation. OUTCOME: The outcome was the Frenchay Activities Index (FAI), which is used to evaluate the instrumental activities of daily living (IADL). Additionally, the frequency, duration, and cost of the intervention were calculated.
resultsRegarding the FAI score before and after the interventions, there were significant improvements in all items except work (
conclusionThe results of this study showed that occupation-based practice has a potential to improve IADL in frail elderly, with low frequency of intervention, within a short-term, and direct cost reduction. We believe that this pilot study will contribute to future clinical studies for frail elderly, and the findings can be easily applied to daily clinical intervention. A well-designed prospective randomized-controlled trial is necessary to verify these results.
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