Design of a randomized controlled study of a multi-professional and multidimensional intervention targeting frail elderly people

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 11, Issue , 2011, Pages

  Wilhelmson, Katarina ^a,b   Duner, Anna ^a   Eklund, Kajsa ^a,b   Gosman Hedström, Gunilla ^a,b   Blomberg, Staffan ^a,c   Hasson, Henna ^a,d   Gustafsson, Helena ^b   Landahl, Sten ^a   Dahlin Ivanoff, Synneve ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^b UNIVERSITY OF GOTHENBURG   (Sweden)

^c LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^d LUND UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS AND MANAGEMENT   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE STUDY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; MALE; METHODOLOGY; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PATIENT SATISFACTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RETROSPECTIVE STUDY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MALE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT SATISFACTION; RETROSPECTIVE STUDIES;

EID: 79955831695     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-11-24     Document Type: Article

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