Trial reportScandinavian journal of primary health care2019
Effects of preventive home visits on health-related quality-of-life and mortality in home-dwelling older adults.
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- Factors influencing the stages of frailty among Korean older adults focusing on objective and subjective social isolation.BMC geriatrics · 2022Article
- Predicting death quality from life prior to death among older Chinese in a retrospective cohort study.Frontiers in public health · 2022Article
- Effects of home visits on quality of life among older adults: a systematic review protocol.Systematic reviews · 2021Article
- Financial balance of home nursing care providers in the Czech Republic.Health economics review · 2021Article
- Give Older Persons a Voice in the Society-By Using Information Compiled during Preventive Home Visits on a Societal Level.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2021Article
- Factors associated with institutionalization among home-dwelling patients of Urgent Geriatric Outpatient Clinic: a 3-year follow-up study.European geriatric medicine · 2020Article
- Staff experiences of a new tool for comprehensive geriatric assessment in primary care (PASTEL): a focus group study.Scandinavian journal of primary health care · 2020Article
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Abstract
objectiveWe explored the effectiveness of preventive home visits on the health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) and mortality among independently community-dwelling older adults.
designA randomised controlled trial. SUBJECTS: Independently home-dwelling older adults 75 years and older, consisting of 211 in the intervention and 211 in the control group.
settingHyvinkää town municipality, Finland.
main outcome measuresWe used the change in HRQoL measured by the 15D scale as our primary outcome. Mortality at two years was retrieved from central registers.
resultsAt the one-year time point, the HRQoL according to the 15D scores deteriorated in the control group, whereas we found no change in the intervention group. The difference between the 15D score changes between the groups was -0.015 (95% CI -0.029 to -0.0016; p = 0.028, adjusted for age, sex, and baseline value). At the two-year time point as the visits ended, that difference diminished. There was no difference in mortality between the groups during the 24-month follow-up.
conclusionPreventive home visits implemented by a multidisciplinary team with CGA appear to help slow down the decline in HRQoL among older adults, although the effect diminishes when the visits end. Key points We are exploring preventive home visits as means to support the health-related quality-of-life (HRQoL) of home-dwelling older adults Multiprofessional preventive home visits in this intervention study helped to maintain the HRQoL when measured using 15D The effects on HRQoL diminished when the intervention ended, so could further benefits be attained with a longer intervention?The clinical trial registration number: ACTRN12616001411437.
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