Effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Chronic ultimorbidity is the most frequent and serious health problem in older adults. Home visiting programmes could be a strategy with potential benefits. However, there are no scoping reviews to date that examine the effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.

Objective

To examine the effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.

Methods

A scoping review was carried out following PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines. The search was conducted in six databases (PubMed/Medline, Cochrane, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus and EMBASE) between October 2021 and April 2022.

Results

Four RCTs with 560 patients were included. The visits were carried out by

SUBMITTER: Chica-Perez A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10422812 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature