ArticleBMC nursing2023
Effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity: a scoping review.
Article in BMC nursing, 2023. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 5 papers.
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- The Impact of Public Health Interventions on the Frequency and Duration of Hospitalisations Among Seniors in Poland-An Analysis Covering the Years 2017-2018.Journal of clinical medicine · 2025Article
- The effectiveness of nursing interventions to improve self-care for patients with heart failure at home: a systematic review and meta-analysis.BMC nursing · 2025Article
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Abstract
backgroundChronic ultimorbidity is the most frequent and serious health problem in older adults. Home visiting programmes could be a strategy with potential benefits. However, there are no scoping reviews to date that examine the effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.
objectiveTo examine the effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.
methodsA scoping review was carried out following PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines. The search was conducted in six databases (PubMed/Medline, Cochrane, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus and EMBASE) between October 2021 and April 2022.
resultsFour RCTs with 560 patients were included. The visits were carried out by nurses, nursing students, volunteers, and other healthcare professionals. The interventions varied in the number of visits, frequency, duration of follow-up, and whether or not they were combined with other strategies such as telephone calls. Discrepancies were found in the effects of the interventions on quality of life, self-efficacy, self-rated health, and use and cost of health and social services.
conclusionThis review shows that home visiting programmes could have potential benefits for older adults with chronic multimorbidity. However, its results have been inconclusive. There is a need for high quality studies involving a larger number of patients, in which home visits are the main intervention.
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