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  • Title: A Prospective Intervention Study With 6 Months Follow-up of the Effect of Reablement in Home Dwelling Elderly: Patient-reported and Observed Outcomes.
    Author: Kjernsholen J, Schou-Bredal I, Kaaresen R, Soberg HL, Sagen A.
    Journal: Arch Rehabil Res Clin Transl; 2024 Mar; 6(1):100311. PubMed ID: 38482111.
    Abstract:
    OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effect of a reablement intervention (a person-centered, interdisciplinary rehabilitation approach) compared with usual care services in home-dwelling elderly experiencing functional declines in activities of daily living. DESIGN: A non-randomized controlled trial comparing a reablement intervention with usual care; outcomes were measured at baseline, after intervention, and at a 6-month from baseline in both groups. SETTING: Municipal public health service. PARTICIPANTS: Sixty-five home-dwelling elderly with functional decline were assigned by the participants home care service zone to a reablement group (n=35), or a usual care group (n=30). The mean participant age was 80±11 years in the reablement group and 78±12 in the usual care group. INTERVENTION: The reablement group received a person-centered and tailored reablement program provided by an interdisciplinary team, consisting of a physiotherapist, an occupational therapist, and a nurse. The usual care group received standard home care services. MAIN OUTCOME MEASURES: The dimension "Your health today" from the European Quality of Life-Visual Analog Scale (HRQOL), the patient-specific functional scale for goals in ADL (PSFS), the short physical performance battery (SPPB), and home care services in hours per week. RESULTS: There were significant differences over time in favor of the reablement group with between-group effect sizes of Cohen h2=0.36 (P=.001) for HRQOL, h2=0.60 (P=.001) for PSFS, h2=0.30 (P=.001) for SPPB, and h2=0.10 (P=.013) for hours of home care services per week. The within-group effect size for PSFS was h2=0.15 (P=.010) in favor of the reablement group. The mean number of hours of home care services per week was mean 0.38±1.07 (P=.001) in the reablement group and mean 30.38±64.13 (P=.023) in the usual care group. CONCLUSIONS: The participants in the reablement group achieved and maintained better physical function, a higher HRQOL and needed considerably less home care services than the usual care group participants. Thus, reablement appears to be a more beneficial and sustainable approach than the usual care services for the home-dwelling elderly with functional decline.
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