Long-term effect on mortality of a home intervention that reduces functional difficulties in older adults: results from a randomized trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To evaluate the long-term mortality effect of a home-based intervention previously shown to reduce functional difficulties and whether survivorship benefits differ according to initial mortality risk level.

Design

Two-group randomized trial with survivorship followed up to 4 years from study entry.

Setting

Homes of urban community-living elderly people.

Participants

Three hundred nineteen adults aged 70 and older with difficulties performing daily activities.

Intervention

Occupational and physical therapy sessions to instruct participants in compensatory strategies, home modifications, home safety, fall recovery techniques, and balance and muscle strength exercises.

Measurements

Survival time was number of days between baseline intervie

SUBMITTER: Gitlin LN 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2712136 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature