Authors
Ngaire Kerse, Kathy Peri, Elizabeth Robinson, Tim Wilkinson, Martin von Randow, Liz Kiata, John Parsons, Nancy Latham, Matthew Parsons, Jane Willingale, Paul Brown, Bruce Arroll
Publication date
2008/10/9
Journal
BMj
Volume
337
Publisher
British Medical Journal Publishing Group
Description
Objective To assess the effectiveness of an activity programme in improving function, quality of life, and falls in older people in residential care.
Design Cluster randomised controlled trial with one year follow-up.
Setting 41 low level dependency residential care homes in New Zealand.
Participants 682 people aged 65 years or over.
Interventions 330 residents were offered a goal setting and individualised activities of daily living activity programme by a gerontology nurse, reinforced by usual healthcare assistants; 352 residents received social visits.
Main outcome measures Function (late life function and disability instruments, elderly mobility scale, FICSIT-4 balance test, timed up and go test), quality of life (life satisfaction index, EuroQol), and falls (time to fall over 12 months). Secondary outcomes were depressive symptoms and hospital admissions.
Results 473 (70%) participants completed the trial. The programme …
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