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Effect of preventive primary care outreach on health related quality of life among older adults at risk of functional decline
— randomised controlled trial | | Author(s) | Jenny Ploeg, Kevin Brazil, Brian Hutchison |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 340, no 7752, 24 April 2010 |
| Pages | p 904 |
| Source | www.bmj.com doi: 10.1136/bmj.c1480 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Self care capacity ; At risk ; Preventative medicine ; General practice ; Clinical surveys ; Canada. |
| Annotation | A preventive primary care outreach intervention for older people at risk of functional decline had no effect on quality adjusted life years (QALYs), cost of health and social services, functional status, self-rated health, or mortality. The 12-month intervention consisted of a comprehensive initial assessment by a home care nurse, collaborative care planning, health promotion, and referral to community health and support services. Participants were patients of 35 family physicians in five primary care networks in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada. The study included 719 adults aged 75+ who were not receiving home care services and who were identified by the Sherbrook postal questionnaire as being at risk of functional decline. (RH) |
| Accession Number | CPA-100427205 A |
| Classmark | C4: CA: CA3: LK2: L5: 3G: 7S * |
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