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Does functionally based activity make a difference to health status and mobility?
— a randomised controlled trial in residential care facilities (The Promoting Independent Living Study, PILS) | | Author(s) | Kathryn Peri, Ngaire Kerse, Elizabeth Robinson |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 37, no 1, January 2008 |
| Pages | pp 57-63 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oupjournals.org |
| Keywords | Self care capacity ; Mobility ; Health [elderly] ; Life satisfaction ; Residents [care homes] ; Care homes ; Projects ; New Zealand. |
| Annotation | Older people experience decline in physical activity after entry into residential care. A cluster randomised controlled trial with 149 residents (mean age 84.7) in five care homes in Auckland, New Zealand was conducted to determine whether a repetitive activities of daily living (ADLs) activity programme improved their health status, life satisfaction and mobility. Trained research staff worked with residents in the intervention group to set a goal, completed a functional assessment for each resident, and designed an individualised activity programme based on ADL for care home staff to implement as part of residents' daily activity. Mobility (timed-up-and-go, TUG), life satisfaction (Late Life Satisfaction Index, LSI-Z), and health status (SF-36) were assessed at baseline, and 3 and 6 month follow-up. In the intervention group, the SF-36 total Physical Component Summary (PCS) score improved at 3 months compared to the control group. There were no differences between groups on mobility measures at any time, nor any measures after 6 months. Significant contamination is likely to have affected the 6-month follow-up measures. A repetitive ADL exercise programme may improve health in the short term for frail people living in residential care. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-080304203 A |
| Classmark | CA: C4: CC: F:5HH: KX: KW: 3E: 7YN |
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