Multicomponent program to reduce functional decline in frail elderly people: A cluster controlled trial

Journal of the American Board of Family Medicine

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 209-217

  Ruikes, Franca G H ^a   Zuidema, Sytse U ^b   Akkermans, Reinier P ^a   Assendelft, Willem J J ^a   Schers, Henk J ^a   Koopmans, Raymond T C M ^c  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^b UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER GRONINGEN   (Netherlands)

^c Joachim and Anna Centre for Specialized Geriatric Care   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Aging; Delivery of health care; Frail elderly; Geriatric assessment; Geriatrics; Interdisciplinary health team; Primary health care

Indexed keywords

ADVERSE OUTCOME; AGED; CASE MANAGEMENT; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMPARATIVE EFFECTIVENESS; CONTROL GROUP; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; ELDERLY CARE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GENERAL PRACTITIONER; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INSTITUTIONALIZATION; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MENTAL HEALTH; MORTALITY; NETHERLANDS; NURSE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SCREENING; SOCIAL INTERACTION; SOCIAL WORKER; STATISTICAL MODEL; WELFARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL (TOPIC); EPIDEMIOLOGY; EVALUATION STUDY; FEMALE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; PROCEDURES; QUESTIONNAIRE; STATISTICS AND NUMERICAL DATA; VERY ELDERLY;

ACTIVITIES OF DAILY LIVING; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GENERAL PRACTICE; GERIATRIC ASSESSMENT; HUMANS; INDEPENDENT LIVING; MALE; NETHERLANDS; NON-RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; PRIMARY HEALTH CARE; QUALITY OF LIFE; SURVEYS AND QUESTIONNAIRES;

EID: 84962622030     PISSN: 15572625     EISSN: 15587118     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3122/jabfm.2016.02.150214     Document Type: Article

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