Effect of preventive home visits for ambulatory housebound elders in Japan: A pilot study

Aging Clinical and Experimental Research

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 2004, Pages 293-299

  Kono, Ayumi ^a,d   Kai, Ichiro ^b   Sakato, Chiyoko ^c   Harker, Judith O ^a   Rubenstein, Laurence Z ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c Saku City Government Office   (Japan)

^d VETERANS AFFAIRS MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

ADL decline; Geriatrics; Home visits; Housebound elders; Prevention; Public health nurses

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMMUNITY CARE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DAILY LIFE ACTIVITY; DEPRESSION; ELDERLY CARE; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FUNCTIONAL ASSESSMENT; HEALTH PROMOTION; HOME CARE; HUMAN; INDEPENDENCE; JAPAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MULTIVARIATE ANALYSIS OF COVARIANCE; NURSE; PILOT STUDY; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; PRIMARY MEDICAL CARE; PUBLIC HEALTH; QUESTIONNAIRE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SCORING SYSTEM; SOCIAL SUPPORT; WALKING;

EID: 8644234400     PISSN: 15940667     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF03324554     Document Type: Article

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