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A randomized trial of in-home visits for disability prevention in community dwelling older people at low and high risk for nursing home admission
Author(s)	Andreas E Stuck, Christoph E Minder, Iris Peter-Wuest
Journal title	Archives of Internal Medicine, vol 160, April 2000
Pages	pp 977-986
Keywords	Health visiting ; Preventative medicine ; Physical disabilities ; Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Admission [nursing homes] ; Longitudinal surveys ; Switzerland.
Annotation	791 Swiss over 75s living in the community in Bern were assessed quarterly for disability risk status, based on six baseline predictors of functional deterioration. After 3 years, surviving participants at low baseline risk were less dependent in instrumental activities of daily living (IADLs), compared with a control group. For those at high baseline risk, there were no favourable intervention effects on ADL, and an unfavourable increase in nursing home admissions. Despite the similar health status of subjects, one of the three nurses carrying out assessments identified fewer problems compared with those identified by the other two nurses: their low-risk subjects reacted favourably, with reduced nursing home admissions. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-010606213 A
Classmark	N8: LK2: BN: CA: C4: LHB:QKH: 3J: 76C *
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