[PDF] Top 20 The postcard intervention against depression among community dwelling older adults: study protocol for a randomized controlled trial

... the community every year as part of annual health ...the intervention, recollection of the number of intervention mailings received, and the number of mailed replies as the index of the acceptability ... See full document

... exploratory trial (phase III), randomized controlled trial (phase IV), and long-term implementation (phase ...in older adults who have problems with physical functioning and/or ... See full document

... problem among older people, affecting 50% or more of community-dwelling older adults and up to 80% of nursing home residents ...25–55% among those aged 85 years or over ... See full document

... the intervention group (IG) received in total nine session visits from the PT during weeks 1 – 8 and ...the study, the PT, together with the participant, completed a Functional Behavioral Analysis (FBA) to ... See full document

... During the intervention period, each participant will receive visits from a physical therapist once a week for weeks 1–8 and 12. In week 10, the participant will receive support during a sin- gle telephone call. ... See full document

... safe community ex- ercise to promote health for hundreds years in China ...for community older adults ...are randomized trials and most have significant methodological limitations ... See full document

... cluster randomized trial design is used, with commu- nity aged care areas, as clusters of ...this study, which commu- nity aged care areas that should be allocated into the intervention group ... See full document

... for older adults with mild cognitive impairment ...This study considered the partici- pants whose score on the MoCA-J at baseline was less than 26 points to have ...Geriatric Depression Scale ... See full document

... or older who were diagnosed with either of two International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision (ICD-9) [65] back pain codes ...the study and included contact information for calling the PRC if inter- ... See full document

... All methods of economic evaluation involve some kind of comparison between alternative interventions, treat- ments or programs. A cost-benefit approach should, in principle, address allocative efficiency, that is, ... See full document

... of community-dwellers over the age of 65 experience one or more falls every year leading to significant risk for hospitalization, institutionalization, and even ...of older adults increases, falls ... See full document

... All authors contributed actively to the design of the multidimensional detection and prevention program for frail community-dwelling older adults (D-SCOPE). LDD and ED designed the primary ... See full document

... A randomized controlled trial will be performed in health care centers in Barcelona (Spain) through comparison of a group of individuals participating in memory training workshops (experimental ... See full document

... The protocol has been developed according to the SPIRIT 2013 statement [10], follows the CONSORT statement [11], and is registered in ...non-controlled study, evaluating if a home-based reablement ... See full document

... this study is that we used a patient- specific outcome measure to ensure congruence between participants’ needs, therapy priorities, intervention and ...the study are reported according to the ... See full document

... The study will be conducted in six elderly community centers operated by three large-scale non-government organizations in Hong Kong. Eligible participants will be aged 60 years or above and have moderate ... See full document

... this study was limited to immediately following the four months intervention, instead of the recommended 12 month follow up for fall prevention studies ...future study power calculations, however the ... See full document

... (iii) community dwelling, (iv) presence of at least one VRF fac- tor (such as obesity, hypertension, heart disease, type II diabetes, smoking, hypercholesterolemia and doing less than 150 min/week of ... See full document

... of depression, CI, and disability provides a concerted effort to help patients adapt and cope up with their problems, promoting successful outcomes for depres- sion ...further intervention development are ... See full document

... of intervention changes are usually precarious, other strategies could be imple- ...Arthritis! intervention, now includes addi- tional hand-out exercise ...and depression, no individual ... See full document