A preventive program for community-dwelling elderly at risk of functional decline: a pilot study

Interventions to prevent disability in frail community-dwelling older persons: an overview

“…The near-significant effect that Robichaud et al (2000) found did not reach significance in the study by Hebert et al (2001) in the evaluation of the same intervention among a larger group of participants. As all other three interventions have similar features to those of Reuben et al (1999), elements that produce effectiveness in this type of CGA cannot be identified.…”

“…Community-based care: assessment followed by referrals and recommendations (N = 4) Eligible participants for these four studies were identified by a self-administered postal questionnaire (Robichaud et al 2000;Hebert et al 2001), telephone interview (Silverman et al 1995), or an interviewer-assisted selfadministered screening (Reuben et al 1999). Extensive assessment was performed by a nurse during home visits (Hebert et al 2001;Robichaud et al 2000) or by a team in community-based clinics (Reuben et al 1999;Silverman et al 1995).…”

“…Extensive assessment was performed by a nurse during home visits (Hebert et al 2001;Robichaud et al 2000) or by a team in community-based clinics (Reuben et al 1999;Silverman et al 1995). Medication, mood, cognition, vision, hearing, blood pressure, gait and balance, orthostatic hypotension, environmental risk of fall, malnutrition, incontinence, and social support were part of the assessment in the studies by Hebert et al (2001) and Robichaud et al (2000). In all studies, the assessment was followed by recommendations to the general practitioner.…”

“…In all studies, the assessment was followed by recommendations to the general practitioner. In the study by Hebert et al (2001) and Robichaud et al (2000), recommendations to other health professionals were also made and bi-monthly or monthly phone follow-up interviews took place (Hebert et al 2001;Robichaud et al 2000). In the study by Silverman et al (1995), the treatment plan was discussed with the frail older person and family.…”

Adaptação transcultural para o Brasil do instrumento PRISMA-7: avaliação das equivalências conceitual, de item e semântica

“…As dimensões abordadas, que avaliam os riscos de perda funcional 17 , no instrumento original estão em consonância com os utilizados em nosso meio. A despeito disso, o grupo de especialistas ponderou que o instrumento não abrange conceitos importantes e não estabelece o grau de limitação física, funcional, de mobilidade ou locomoção.…”