Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To identify interventions that aim to reduce dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) in homecare service users. To determine: content; effectiveness in improving ability to perform ADL; and whether delivery by qualified occupational therapists influences effectiveness.

Data sources

The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, PsycINFO, OTseeker, PEDro, Web of Science, CIRRIE, and ASSIA.

Review methods

We included: randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials and controlled before and after studies. Two reviewers independently screened studies for inclusion, assessed risk of bias and extracted data. A narrative synthesis of the findings was conducted.

Results

Thirteen studies were included

SUBMITTER: Whitehead PJ 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4607918 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature