Effects of home visits on quality of life among older adults: a systematic review protocol.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Home visiting services for older adults have been offered for decades to maintain and promote health and independent functioning, thus enhancing quality of life. Previous systematic reviews have provided a mixed picture of the benefits of home visiting programmes in older adults, primarily because of heterogeneity in study designs, targeted populations, and intervention strategies. These reviews may also become out of date; thus, an updated synthesis of relevant studies is warranted. Our objective is to perform a systematic review of recently published primary studies on the effectiveness of multi-professional home visits on quality of life among older adults.

Methods

We will perform a comprehensive search for studies investigating the effect of a multi-profession

SUBMITTER: Tay YL 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8650292 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature