Multi-component health promotion and disease prevention for community-dwelling frail elderly persons: a systematic review.

ABSTRACT: The objective was to investigate definitions of frailty used in studies of multi-component health promotion and disease-preventive (HPDP) intervention programmes for community-dwelling frail elderly persons and to review the content, organisation and effects of HPDP interventions. A systematic review of 19 articles was made, and the International Classification of Functioning, Disability and Health (ICF) was used as a structural framework for the analysis. The result shows that a consensus was reached on including various aspects of impairments in body functions and structures as an integral part of the frailty concept, with the exception of one subgroup: mental/cognitive functions. Additionally, opinions varied quite consistently regarding aspects of activity limitations and participation

SUBMITTER: Gustafsson S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC5547347 | biostudies-literature | 2009 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature