Integrated care for geriatric frailty and sarcopenia: a randomized control trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Exercise, nutrition, and psychological interventions may all have positive impacts on frailty and sarcopenia. However, it is not known whether an integrated care programme with all three components can be beneficial and the intensity of such programme is also not certain. In this study, we aim to determine the effectiveness of two levels of integrated care on frailty and sarcopenia.

Methods

A randomized control trial was conducted at two community hospitals in Taiwan. Older adults (65-79 years of age, N = 289) who scored ≥1 on the Cardiovascular Health Study Phenotypic Classification of Frailty (CHS_PCF) were enrolled in the trial. Low-level care (LLC) participants received a 2 h education course on frailty, sarcopenia, coping strategy, nutrition, and demonstratio

SUBMITTER: Chan DD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5326822 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature