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SynthesisClinical interventions in aging2019

Effects of health care interventions on quality of life among frail elderly: a systematized review.

Jantine van Rijckevorsel-Scheele, Renate C W J Willems, Pepijn D D M Roelofs, Elin Koppelaar, Robbert J J Gobbens, Marleen J B M Goumans

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Synthesis in Clinical interventions in aging, 2019. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 14 papers.

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14citing papers in PubMed
1.7field-weighted citation impact, top 18% of its field
1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

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.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

14 citing papers in PubMed, 33 citations in OpenAlex.

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  8. Multidimensional frailty and quality of life: data from the English Longitudinal Study of Ageing.Quality of life research : an international journal of quality of life aspects of treatment, care and rehabilitation · 2022
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  11. Physical activity and sedentary behavior trajectories and their associations with quality of life, disability, and all-cause mortality.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

Jantine van Rijckevorsel-ScheeleResearch Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, j.van.rijckevorsel-scheele@hr.nl.
Renate C W J WillemsResearch Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, j.van.rijckevorsel-scheele@hr.nl.
Pepijn D D M RoelofsResearch Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, j.van.rijckevorsel-scheele@hr.nl.
Elin KoppelaarResearch Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, j.van.rijckevorsel-scheele@hr.nl.
Robbert J J GobbensFaculty of Health, Sports and Social Work, Inholland University of Applied Sciences, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Marleen J B M GoumansResearch Centre Innovations in Care, Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Rotterdam, the Netherlands, j.van.rijckevorsel-scheele@hr.nl.
Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences · NLUniversity of Antwerp · BE

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionMany health care interventions have been developed that aim to improve or maintain the quality of life for frail elderly. A clear overview of these health care interventions for frail elderly and their effects on quality of life is missing. PURPOSE: To provide a systematic overview of the effect of health care interventions on quality of life of frail elderly.

methodsA systematic search was conducted in Embase, Medline (OvidSP), Cochrane Central, Cinahl, PsycInfo and Web of Science, up to and including November 2017. Studies describing health care interventions for frail elderly were included if the effect of the intervention on quality of life was described. The effects of the interventions on quality of life were described in an overview of the included studies.

resultsIn total 4,853 potentially relevant articles were screened for relevance, of which 19 intervention studies met the inclusion criteria. The studies were very heterogeneous in the design: measurement of frailty, health care intervention and outcome measurement differ. Health care interventions described were: multidisciplinary treatment, exercise programs, testosterone gel, nurse home visits and acupuncture. Seven of the nineteen intervention studies, describing different health care interventions, reported a statistically significant effect on subdomains of quality of life, two studies reported a statistically significant effect of the intervention on the overall quality of life score. Ten studies reported no statistically significant difference between the intervention and control groups.

conclusionReported effects of health care interventions on frail elderly persons' quality of life are inconsistent, with most of the studies reporting no differences between the intervention and control groups. As the number of frail elderly persons in the population will continue to grow, it will be important to continue the search for effective health care interventions. Alignment of studies in design and outcome measurements is needed.

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Exercise TherapyHealth Services for the AgedQuality of LifeAgedFrail ElderlyHumansOutcome Assessment, Health Careexercise programsfrailtyinterventionsmultidisciplinary treatmentquality of lifesystematic review

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PMID31040654
PMCPMC6453553
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