Nurse home visits with or without alert buttons versus usual care in the frail elderly: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 8, Issue , 2013, Pages 85-95

  Favela, Jesús ^a   Castro, Luis A ^b   Franco Marina, Francisco ^c   Sánchez García, Sergio ^d   Juárez Cedillo, Teresa ^d   Bermudez, Claudia Espinel ^d   Mora Altamirano, Julia ^d   Rodriguez, Marcela D ^e   García Peña, Carmen ^d  

^a CENTRO DE INVESTIGACIÓN CIENTÍFICA Y DE EDUCACIÓN SUPERIOR DE ENSENADA   (Mexico)

^b Sonora Institute of Technology   (Mexico)

^c INSTITUTO NACIONAL DE ENFERMEDADES RESPIRATORIAS   (Mexico)

^d INSTITUTO MEXICANO DEL SEGURO SOCIAL   (Mexico)

^e UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE BAJA CALIFORNIA   (Mexico)

Author keywords

Elderly; Frailty; Gerontechnology

Indexed keywords

AGED; ALERT BUTTON; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY DEVICE; CHARLSON COMORBIDITY INDEX; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEPRESSION; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; FRAILTY INDEX; GERIATRIC CARE; GERIATRIC NURSING; HEALTH CARE UTILIZATION; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEXICO; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; PROFESSIONAL PRACTICE; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SHORT FORM 36;

ELDERLY; FRAILTY; GERONTECHNOLOGY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; COGNITION; DEPRESSION; DISABILITY EVALUATION; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HEALTH STATUS; HOUSE CALLS; HUMANS; MALE; MARITAL STATUS; MEXICO; NURSES; NUTRITIONAL STATUS; QUALITY OF LIFE;

EID: 84873392947     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S38618     Document Type: Article

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