An investigation into which individual instrumental activities of daily living are affected by a home visiting nurse intervention.

ABSTRACT:

Background

to our knowledge no research has investigated the effect of home visiting nurse (HVN) interventions on individual instrumental activities of daily living (IADL).

Objective

to investigate the effects of an HVN intervention on the difficulty or dependence in six individual IADLs.

Design

a secondary analysis of a randomised controlled study comparing an HVN intervention (n = 237) with usual care (n = 262) at 22 months after study entry.

Setting

home care linked to primary care.

Subjects

a total of 499 Medicare patients needing or receiving help with at least three IADLs or two ADLs, who had recent significant health-care use.

Methods

the intervention consisted of monthly home visits by trained nursing staff. Unadjusted and adjusted (binary

SUBMITTER: Li Y 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC3577044 | biostudies-literature | 2013 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature