Nurse home visits with or without alert buttons versus usual care in the frail elderly: a randomized controlled trial
Author(s) -
Carmen GarcíaPeña,
Jesús Favela,
Sergio SánchezGarcía,
Teresa JuárezCedillo,
Franco-Marina,
Marcela D. Rodríguez,
Luís A. Castro,
M. Dalla Mora,
Claudia Espinel Bermudez
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s38618
Subject(s) - medicine , randomized controlled trial , quality of life (healthcare) , landline , population , physical therapy , depression (economics) , gerontology , nursing , surgery , linguistics , philosophy , environmental health , phone , economics , macroeconomics
To assess whether an intervention based on nurse home visits including alert buttons (NV+AB) is effective in reducing frailty compared to nurse home visits alone (NV-only) and usual care (control group) for older adults.
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