Effect of exercise referral schemes and self-management strategies on healthcare service utilisation among community-dwelling older adults: secondary analyses of two randomised controlled trials.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

The objective of this study is to explore whether offering an integrated self-management strategy and exercise referral scheme intervention (ERS+SMS) or a stand-alone ERS intervention is more effective in reducing healthcare service utilisation among community-dwelling older adults over time compared with a stand-alone SMS/control intervention.

Design

Secondary analyses of two randomised controlled trials (RCTs) with linkage to Danish national health registries.

Setting

Three Danish municipalities: Esbjerg, Slagelse and Odense.

Participants

Danish community-dwelling older adults, aged 65 years or older, were included in the study. Participants originated from two completed RCTs: the Welfare Innovation in Primary Prevention (WIPP, n=115) and the SITLES

SUBMITTER: Svensson NH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11535681 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature