Citation

Olsson Möller U, Kristensson J, Midlöv P, Ekdahl C, Jakobsson U. J. Aging Phys. Act. 2013; 22(4): 457-464.

Affiliation

Center for Primary Health Care Research, Faculty of Medicine, Lund University, Malmö, Sweden.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2013, Human Kinetics Publishers)

DOI

unavailable

PMID

24152667

Abstract

OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of a home-based one-year case management intervention in older people with functional dependency and repeated contact with the healthcare services on self-reported falls and self-reported injurious fall. METHODS: The study was a randomized controlled trial with repeated follow-ups. The sample (n=153) were consecutively and randomly assigned to intervention group (n=80, mean age 81.4) or control group (n=73, mean age 81.6). The intervention group received a case management intervention which comprised monthly home-visits during 12 months by nurses and physiotherapists employing a multifactorial preventive approach. RESULTS: In the intervention group 96 falls occurred during the intervention period compared with 85 falls in the control group (p=0.900). There were 40 and 38 injurious falls (p=0.669) in the intervention and control groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This home-based case management intervention was not able to prevent falls or injurious falls.

Language: en