The reduction of disability in community-dwelling frail older people: Design of a two-arm cluster randomized controlled trial

BMC Public Health

Volumn 10, Issue , 2010, Pages

  Metzelthin, Silke F ^a   Van Rossum, Erik ^a,b   De Witte, Luc P ^a,b   Hendriks, Marike Rc ^c   Kempen, Gertrudis Ijm ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b ZUYD UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Netherlands)

^c MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DISABLED PERSON; FEASIBILITY STUDY; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HUMAN; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEW; METHODOLOGY; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENTIAL HOME;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DISABLED PERSONS; FEASIBILITY STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTITIONERS; HUMANS; INTERDISCIPLINARY COMMUNICATION; INTERVIEWS AS TOPIC; MIDDLE AGED; NETHERLANDS; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PRIMARY PREVENTION; QUESTIONNAIRES; RESEARCH DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL FACILITIES;

EID: 77956530473     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712458     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2458-10-511     Document Type: Article

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