Effects of home telemonitoring on transitions between frailty states and death for older adults: A randomized controlled trial

International Journal of General Medicine

Volumn 6, Issue , 2013, Pages 145-151

  Upatising, Benjavan ^a   Hanson, Gregory J ^b   Kim, Young L ^c   Cha, Stephen S ^b   Yih, Yuehwern ^a   Takahashi, Paul Y ^b  

^a SCHOOL OF INDUSTRIAL ENGINEERING   (United States)

^b MAYO CLINIC   (United States)

^c PURDUE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Frailty transition; Functional decline; High risk elderly persons; Telemedicine

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAUSE OF DEATH; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRAIL ELDERLY; GAIT; HEALTH STATUS; HIGH RISK PATIENT; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INTERMETHOD COMPARISON; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL CARE; MORTALITY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PARTICIPANT OBSERVATION; PATIENT ASSESSMENT; PREDICTION; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; TELEMONITORING;

EID: 84875312992     PISSN: None     EISSN: 11787074     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/IJGM.S40576     Document Type: Article

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