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| Randomized trial of a health promotion program for frail elders | | Author(s) | Nancy Hall, Paula De Beck, Debra Johnson |
| Journal title | Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 11, no 1, Spring 1992 |
| Pages | pp 72-91 |
| Keywords | Preventative medicine ; Living in the community ; Evaluation ; Canada. |
| Annotation | This study evaluates a local health promotion project that could be widely adaptable to assist frail elderly persons to live longer at home. Subjects, enrolled in New Westminster, British Columbia (BC) were aged 65 and over living in their own homes but assessed and newly admitted to "personal care at home" by the Long Term Care (LTC) programme of the BC Ministry of Health. Randomised to Treatment (n=81) or Control (n=86), they were followed for three years. The visits to the Treatment group concentrated on setting goals and developing personal health skills with referral to appropriate community services. Success or survival was defined as "alive and still assessed for care at home"; after 3 years, the survival rate for the Treatment group was 75.3% compared with 59.3% for the Control group. Differences between the Treatment and Control groups were therefore statistically significant both for simple cross-tabulations of care status at 24 and 36 months and in tests comparing survival curves. The results are especially striking because Control subjects received LTC services in a geographic area that offers universal access to health and community resources and because the Control data were concurrent, not historical. (KJ). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990716003 A |
| Classmark | LK2: K4: 4C: 7S * |
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