Does telecare prolong community living in dementia? A study protocol for a pragmatic, randomised controlled trial

Trials

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2013, Pages

  Leroi, Iracema ^a   Woolham, John ^b   Gathercole, Rebecca ^c   Howard, Robert ^c   Dunk, Barbara ^d   Fox, Chris ^e   O'Brien, John ^f   Bateman, Andrew ^g   Poland, Fiona ^h   Bentham, Peter ⁱ   Burns, Alistair ^j   Davies, Anna ^k   Forsyth, Kirsty ^l   Gray, Richard ^m   Knapp, Martin ⁿ   Newman, Stanton ^k   McShane, Rupert ^o   Ritchie, Craig ^p  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^b Institute for Clean Growth and Future Mobility   (United Kingdom)

^c KING'S COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^d SOUTH LONDON AND MAUDSLEY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^e UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

^f UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

^g The Princess of Wales Hospital   (United Kingdom)

^h UNIVERSITY OF EAST ANGLIA   (United Kingdom)

ⁱ BIRMINGHAM AND SOLIHULL MENTAL HEALTH NHS FOUNDATION TRUST   (United Kingdom)

^j UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

^k CITY UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^l QUEEN MARGARET UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^m CLINICAL TRIAL SERVICE UNIT   (United Kingdom)

ⁿ LONDON SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (United Kingdom)

^o WARNEFORD HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^p IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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Author keywords

Assistive technology; Community living; Dementia; Independence; Randomised control trial; Telecare

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; ARTICLE; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY AND TELECARE; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMMUNITY LIVING; CONTROLLED STUDY; COST EFFECTIVENESS ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; DISEASE SEVERITY; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONAL CARE; INTEGRATED HEALTH CARE SYSTEM; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; QUALITY OF LIFE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RELIABILITY; SOCIAL WELFARE; SOCIAL WORK; TREATMENT DURATION; UNITED KINGDOM;

CLINICAL PROTOCOLS; COMMUNITY HEALTH SERVICES; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEMENTIA; ENGLAND; HEALTH CARE COSTS; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; RESEARCH DESIGN; TELEMEDICINE; TIME FACTORS; TREATMENT OUTCOME;

EID: 84885967223     PISSN: None     EISSN: 17456215     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1745-6215-14-349     Document Type: Article

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