Social Prescribing Programmes to Prevent or Delay Frailty in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

ABSTRACT: The increasing incidence of frailty is a health and social care challenge. Social prescription is advocated as an important approach to allow health professionals to link patients with sources of support in the community. This study aimed to determine the current evidence on the effectiveness of social prescribing programmes, to delay or reduce frailty in frail older adults living in the community. A systematic literature review of published (DARE, Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL, NICE and SCIE, National Health Service (NHS) Economic Evaluation Database) and unpublished databases (OpenGrey; WHO Clinical Trial Registry; ClinicalTrials.gov) were searched to July 2019. Studies were eligible if they reported health, social or economic outcomes on social prescri

SUBMITTER: Smith TO 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6960851 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature