Nurse-led health promotion interventions improve quality of life in frail older home care clients: Lessons learned from three randomized trials in Ontario, Canada

Journal of Evaluation in Clinical Practice

Volumn 19, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 118-131

  Markle Reid, Maureen ^a   Browne, Gina ^a   Gafni, Amiram ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

ageing; chronic illness; clinical effectiveness; complex health promotion programmes; home care; RCTs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CANADA; COMMUNITY LIVING; COST CONTROL; FRAIL ELDERLY; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; NURSE LED HEALTH PROMOTION AND DISEASE PREVENTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PROPHYLAXIS; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); REGISTERED NURSE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COSTS AND COST ANALYSIS; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HEALTH STATUS; HOME CARE SERVICES; HUMANS; MENTAL HEALTH; NURSES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; ONTARIO; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; SOCIAL SUPPORT;

EID: 84862863449     PISSN: 13561294     EISSN: 13652753     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1365-2753.2011.01782.x     Document Type: Article

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