Feasibility and effects of preventive home visits for at-risk older people: Design of a randomized controlled trial

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 9, Issue 1, 2009, Pages

  Cutchin, Malcolm P ^a   Coppola, Susan ^a   Talley, Vibeke ^b   Svihula, Judie ^c   Catellier, Diane ^d   Shank, Kendra Heatwole ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^b Orange County Planning Dep   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NORTH CAROLINA   (United States)

^d IL   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; ELDERLY CARE; FEASIBILITY STUDY; HOME CARE; HUMAN; METHODOLOGY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL;

AGED; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HOME CARE SERVICES; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICES; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RESEARCH DESIGN;

EID: 75149137551     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-9-54     Document Type: Article

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