Improving the health behaviours of elderly people: randomised controlled trial of a general practice education programme.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To establish the effect of an educational intervention for general practitioners on the health behaviours and wellbeing of elderly patients.

Design

Randomised controlled trial with 1 year follow up.

Setting

Metropolitan general practices in Melbourne, Australia.

Subjects

42 general practitioners and 267 of their patients aged over 65 years.

Intervention

Educational and clinical practice audit programme for general practitioners on health promotion for elderly people.

Main outcome measures

Patients' physical activity, functional status, self rated health, immunisation status, social contacts, psychological wellbeing, drug usage, and rate of influenza vaccination. Primary efficacy variables were changes in outcome measures over 1 year per

SUBMITTER: Kerse NM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC28221 | biostudies-literature | 1999 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature