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Inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for geriatric patients
— systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised controlled trials | | Author(s) | Stefan Bachmann, Christoph Finger, Anke Huss |
| Journal title | British Medical Journal, vol 340, no 7758, 5 June 2010 |
| Pages | p 1230 |
| Source | www.bmj.com BMJ2010;340:c1718 |
| Keywords | Rehabilitation ; In-patients ; Clinical surveys ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | Inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for patients with cardiac, neurological, pulmonary or musculoskeletal problems have been shown to improve patient outcomes. Inpatient rehabilitation programmes specifically designed for geriatric patients also improve outcomes. This systematic review and meta-analysis included randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on the short or longer term effects of inpatient rehabilitation specifically designed for geriatric patients. Included were 17 trials with 4,780 patients that compared the effects of general or orthopaedic geriatric programmes with usual care. Meta-analyses of effects indicated an overall benefit in short term outcomes (at discharge). Less pronounced were longer term effects over usual care for all outcomes measured. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-100629201 A |
| Classmark | LM: LF7: 3G: 64A * |
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