@article{ref1,
title="Effectiveness of home based support for older people: systematic review and meta-analysis",
journal="British medical journal: BMJ",
year="2001",
author="Kendrick, Denise and Elkan, R. and Robinson, Jeff and Hewitt, M. and Dewey, Michael and Blair, Mitch and Williams, D. and Brummell, K.",
volume="323",
number="7315",
pages="719-725",
abstract="OBJECTIVE: To evaluate the effectiveness of home visiting programmes that offer health promotion and preventive care to older people. DESIGN: Systematic review and meta-analysis of 15 studies of home visiting. PARTICIPANTS: older people living at home, including frail older people at risk of adverse outcomes. OUTCOME MEASURES: Mortality, admission to hospital, admission to institutional care, functional status, health status. RESULTS: Home visiting was associated with a significant reduction in mortality. The pooled odds ratio for eight studies that assessed mortality in members of the general elderly population was 0.76 (95% confidence interval 0.64 to 0.89). Five studies of home visiting to frail older people who were at risk of adverse outcomes also showed a significant reduction in mortality (0.72; 0.54 to 0.97). Home visiting was associated with a significant reduction in admissions to long term institutional care in members of the general elderly population (0.65; 0.46 to 0.91). For three studies of home visiting to frail,"at risk"older people, the pooled odds ratio was 0.55 (0.35 to 0.88). Meta-analysis of six studies of home visiting to members of the general elderly population showed no significant reduction in admissions to hospital (odds ratio 0.95; 0.80 to 1.09). Three studies showed no significant effect on health (standardised effect size 0.06; -0.07 to 0.18). Four studies showed no effect on activities of daily living (0.05; -0.07 to 0.17). CONCLUSION: Home visits to older people can reduce mortality and admission to long term institutional care. Language: en
",
language="en",
issn="0959-8138",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}