Educational intervention toward preventive home visitors reduced functional decline in community-living older women

Journal of Clinical Epidemiology

Volumn 60, Issue 9, 2007, Pages 954-962

  Avlund, K ^a   Vass, M ^b   Kvist, K ^a   Hendriksen, C ^a   Keiding, N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b Institute of Public Health   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Aging; Attrition; Community intervention; Dropout; Functional ability; Preventive home visits

Indexed keywords

AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; DEPRESSION; EDUCATION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; HEALTH CARE; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; PHYSICAL ACTIVITY; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SELF CONCEPT; SOCIAL INTERACTION;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; COMMUNITY HEALTH NURSING; DENMARK; EDUCATION, CONTINUING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; LONGITUDINAL STUDIES; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; PROGRAM EVALUATION;

EID: 34547569299     PISSN: 08954356     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclinepi.2005.06.015     Document Type: Article

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