Author(s) Year Country | Sample size nr I/C | Health status participants | Mean age | Intervention program* | Number of visits per year | Duration of intervention in years | Intervener | Compliance |
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Dalby [21] 2000 Canada | 73/69 | self-reported functional impairment, or admission to hospital or bereavement in the previous 6 months | 79 | multidimensional assessment; a care plan was developed together with the primary care physician | as needed (mean 18.9 hours) | 1.2 | primary care nurse | not reported |
Stuck [15] 2000 Switzerland | 116/231 | high-risk status based on six baseline predictors of functional deterioration | 82†| annual multidimensional assessment (with physical examinations); preventive home visits in collaboration with the project team's geriatricians | 4 (mean 7.5†) | 2 | trained public health nurse | not reported |
van Haastregt [23, 24] 2000 Netherlands | 159/157 | moderate impairments in mobility, score ≥ 3 on mobility control scale of the short-version sickness impact profile, or a history of recent falls (≥ 2 in previous 6 months) | 77 | multidimensional assessment with checklists and use of guidelines; systematic home visits | 5 (mean 4.5) | 1 | trained community health nurse | 46% for referrals and advice |
Yamada [22] 2003 Japan | 184/184 | dependent in IADL, independent in ADL, and not rating their health as excellent | 79 | multidimensional assessment based on the MDS-HC; scheduled home visits, primary objective human interaction | 4 (mean 5.1) | 1.5 | trained public health nurse | 47% for advice |
van Hout [19] 2005 Netherlands | 331/320 | self-reported health score in the worst quartile of at least two of six COOP-WONCA charts | ≥ 75 | multidimensional assessment with RAI-HC; systematic home visits, an individual care plan was set up complying with patient priorities together with the primary care practice | 5 | 1.5 | trained home nurse | not (yet) reported |
Bouman [10,11] 2007 Netherlands | 160/170 | self-reported poor health status at baseline, score 1–5 on a scale from 1–10 (very poor-excellent health) | 76 | multidimensional assessment with EasyCare questionnaire and checklists; systematic home visits, individual plan in agreement with the older persons | 5.3 (mean 7.3) | 1.5 | trained home nurse | 65% for referrals 58% for advice |