Are occupational therapists more effective than social workers when assessing frail older people? Results of CAMELOT, a randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 41-46

  Stewart, Sandra ^a   Harvey, Ian ^a   Poland, Fiona ^a   Lloyd Smith, Walter ^b   Mugford, Miranda ^a   Flood, Chris ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^b Gt Yarmouth Primary Care Trust   (United Kingdom)

^c CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Assessment; Community; Elderly; Occupational therapy; Older people; Randomised controlled trial

Indexed keywords

ADL DISABILITY; AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; FUNCTIONAL INDEPENDENCE MEASURE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPIST; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; POPULATION DISTRIBUTION; POPULATION RESEARCH; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RATING SCALE; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE; UNITED KINGDOM;

AGED; CAREGIVERS; DEPENDENCY (PSYCHOLOGY); FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; QUALITY OF LIFE; SOCIAL WORK; STRESS, PSYCHOLOGICAL;

EID: 12144251990     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afh230     Document Type: Article

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