Effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity: a scoping review.
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Chica-Pérez, Anabel; Dobarrio Sanz, Iria; Ruiz Fernández, María Dolores; Correa Casado, Matías; Fernández Medina, Isabel María; [et al.]Fecha
2023-08-12Resumen
Background: Chronic ultimorbidity is the most frequent and serious health problem in older adults. Home visiting programmes could be a strategy with potential benefits. However, there are no scoping reviews to date that examine the effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.
Objective: To examine the effects of home visiting programmes on community-dwelling older adults with chronic multimorbidity.
Methods: A scoping review was carried out following PRISMA-ScR reporting guidelines. The search was conducted in six databases (PubMed/Medline, Cochrane, CINAHL, Web of Science, Scopus and EMBASE) between October 2021 and April 2022.
Results: Four RCTs with 560 patients were included. The visits were carried out by nurses, nursing students, volunteers, and other healthcare professionals. The interventions varied in the number of visits, frequency, duration of follow-up, and whether or not they were combined with other strategie...
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Community-dwelling; Home visits; Multimorbidity; Nurses; Older adults.