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Mobility and dementia
— is physiotherapy treatment during respite care effective? | | Author(s) | Valerie M Pomeroy, Claire M Warren, Cheryl Honeycombe |
| Journal title | International Journal of Geriatric Psychiatry, vol 14, no 5, May 1999 |
| Pages | pp 389-397 |
| Keywords | Mobility ; Dementia ; Physiotherapy ; Short term patients ; Evaluation. |
| Annotation | Mobility problems experienced by older people with dementia are associated with falls, fractures and admission to long-term care. A hospital respite care admission is therefore often seen as an opportunity to provide physiotherapy, the effectiveness of which is examined in this trial. The Southampton Mobility Assessment (mobility score) and the Two Minute Walking Test (distance walked) were undertaken at the beginning and end of the study admission and the beginning of the next respite admission. Following the first assessment, 81 participants (mean age 81.9 years) were randomised to either physiotherapy or activities. During the study admission, there was a non-significant trend for a lower reduction in mobility score of the physiotherapy group, and a non-significant trend for greater decrease in distance walked in the activities group. The results of this trial do not support the positive changes demonstrated elsewhere. However, changes in respite care during the early stages of this trial may have produced differences between the sample for this trial and that for the pilot study. This suggests that future research needs to change the focus from clinical settings to presentations. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-990825264 A |
| Classmark | C4: EA: LOA: LF7:4P: 4C |
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