Can occupational therapy intervention play a part in maintaining independence and quality of life in older people? A randomised controlled trial

Australian and New Zealand Journal of Public Health

Volumn 20, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 574-578

  Liddle, Jeannine ^a,d   March, Lyn ^b   Carfrae, Barbara ^b   Finnegan, Terence ^b   Druce, Jane ^b   Schwarz, Jennifer ^b   Brooks, Peter ^c  

^a E Sydney Area Public Health Unit   (Australia)

^b ROYAL NORTH SHORE HOSPITAL   (Australia)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

^d CHILDREN S HOSPITAL AT WESTMEAD   (Australia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; AUSTRALIA; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH SURVEY; HUMAN; MALE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CONFIDENCE INTERVALS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HEALTH STATUS INDICATORS; HUMANS; MALE; NEW SOUTH WALES; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 0030338752     PISSN: 13260200     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-842X.1996.tb01068.x     Document Type: Article

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