Rationale and methods of a multicentre randomised controlled trial of the effectiveness of a Community Health Assessment Programme with Emergency Medical Services (CHAP-EMS) implemented on residents aged 55 years and older in subsidised seniors' housing buildings in Ontario, Canada

BMJ Open

Volumn 5, Issue 6, 2015, Pages

  Agarwal, Gina ^a   McDonough, Beatrice ^a,b   Angeles, Ricardo ^a   Pirrie, Melissa ^a   Marzanek, Francine ^a   McLeod, Brent ^c   Dolovich, Lisa ^a,d  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b Public Health Services   (Canada)

^c Infectious Disease Service   (Canada)

^d CENTRE FOR EVALUATION OF MEDICINES   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; BLOOD PRESSURE; CANADA; CANADIAN DIABETES RISK SCORE; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED STUDY; EMERGENCY HEALTH SERVICE; HEALTH BEHAVIOR; HEALTH PROGRAM; HOME FOR THE AGED; HUMAN; MULTICENTER STUDY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PHYSICIAN; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RESIDENT; SCORING SYSTEM; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; COMPLICATION; DIABETES MELLITUS; FALLING; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; ORGANIZATION AND MANAGEMENT; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTION AND CONTROL; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTOR; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; UTILIZATION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASES; CHRONIC DISEASE; COMORBIDITY; DIABETES MELLITUS; EMERGENCY MEDICAL SERVICES; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOUSING FOR THE ELDERLY; HUMANS; HYPERTENSION; MALE; MIDDLE AGED; ONTARIO; PILOT PROJECTS; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PUBLIC HEALTH; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84937242904     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20446055     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1136/bmjopen-2015-008110     Document Type: Article

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