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- Eklund, Kajsa, 1952, et al.
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Long term outcome of frailty and ADL following "Continuum of care for frail elderly persons"
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Ingår i: The Gerontologist. 2012 GSA Annual Scientific Meeting Abstracts. - 0016-9013 .- 1758-5341. ; 52:S1
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Konferensbidrag (övrigt vetenskapligt/konstnärligt)abstract
- The current trend in Western societies facing a growing proportion of older people is to support frail older persons to remain in their homes as long as possible, so-called ageing in place. Older persons comprise a group whose reserve of strength is decreasing, and whose activity and participation levels will deteriorate with increasing frailty, often leading to dependence in daily activities. Frail older persons need integrated care from different caregivers at different care levels with multi-professional competences. An intervention study for frail community-dwelling older people was designed, creating a continuum of care from the hospital through and back to their own homes. Objectives were to evaluate its effects on activities of daily living (ADL) and frailty up to one year. The study design was a RCT with participants randomized to either the intervention or a control group with follow-ups at three-, six- and 12 months. The study group includes 161 older people who sought care at the emergency department at Mölndal hospital, Sweden, and discharged to their own homes. Inclusion criteria were age 80 and older or 65 to 79 with at least one chronic disease and dependent in ADL. Frailty was measured as a sum of eight core frailty indicators and ADL with the ADL staircase. The analyses were made on the basis of the intention-to-treat principle. At both three- and twelve-month follow-up the intervention group had a higher OR in improved number of ADL managed independently. There were no significant differences between the groups regarding frailty.
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- Wilhelmson, Katarina, 1958, et al.
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Design of a randomized controlled study of a multi-professional and multidimensional intervention targeting frail elderly people.
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Ingår i: BMC geriatrics. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 1471-2318. ; 11:1
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- ABSTRACT: BACKGROUND: Frail elderly people need an integrated and coordinated care. The two-armed study "Continuum of care for frail elderly people" is a multi-professional and multidimensional intervention for frail community-dwelling elderly people. It was designed to evaluate whether the intervention programme for frail elderly people can reduce the number of visits to hospital, increase satisfaction with health and social care and maintain functional abilities. The implementation process is explored and analysed along with the intervention. In this paper we present the study design, the intervention and the outcome measures as well as the baseline characteristics of the study participants. Methods/design: The study is a randomised two-armed controlled trial with follow ups at 3, 6 and 12 months. The study group includes elderly people who sought care at the emergency ward and discharged to their own homes in the community. Inclusion criteria were 80 years and older or 65 to 79 years with at least one chronic disease and dependent in at least one activity of daily living. Exclusion criteria were acute severely illness with an immediate need of the assessment and treatment by a physician, severe cognitive impairment and palliative care. The intention was that the study group should comprise a representative sample of frail elderly people at a high risk of future health care consumption. The intervention includes an early geriatric assessment, early family support, a case manager in the community with a multi-professional team and the involvement of the elderly people and their relatives in the planning process. DISCUSSION: The design of the study, the randomisation procedure and the protocol meetings were intended to ensure the quality of the study. The implementation of the intervention programme is followed and analysed throughout the whole study, which enables us to generate knowledge on the process of implementing complex interventions. The intervention contributes to early recognition of both the elderly peoples' needs of information, care and rehabilitation and of informal caregivers' need of support and information. This study is expected to show positive effects on frail elderly peoples' health care consumption, functional abilities and satisfaction with health and social care. Trial registration: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT01260493.
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