Structured home visits to older people. Are they only of benefit for women? A randomised controlled trial

Vass, Mikkel; Avlund, Kirsten; Kvist, Kajsa; Hendriksen, Carsten; Kronborg, Christian; Keiding, Niels

doi:10.1080/02813430410005829

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“…Previous analyses on the same data showed that older men had less beneficial effects of the preventive home visits compared to older women (Vass et al 2004;Avlund et al 2007a). The present study indicates that these gender differences in effects may be due to self-selection, since it is the mentally and physically frail older men and the resourceful older women who accept the visits.…”

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confidence: 93%

“…The study is based on secondary analyses on data from a randomized intervention study on preventive home visits, which had the main aim to examine whether the education of home visitors had an influence on the functional status of older people (Avlund et al 2007a, b;Vass et al 2002Vass et al , 2004Vass et al , 2005Vass et al , 2007a.…”

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“…The law is based on several randomized research studies, which have shown that preventive home visits to older adults have beneficial effects on hospitalisation, mortality and functional ability (Stuck et al 2002). A recent study found that it has a beneficial effect on older persons' functional ability to perform these preventive home visits as part of the daily routine in the municipalities, the effect being largest among the oldest persons and among the women (Vass et al 2004(Vass et al , 2005Avlund et al 2007a).…”

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Influence of psychological characteristics and social relations on receiving preventive home visits in older men and women

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The purpose was to analyze whether psychological characteristics and social relations in older men and women were related to accepting and receiving preventive home visits during 3 years, when offered as part of a national scheme. The study was based on secondary data from the Danish Intervention Study on Preventive Home Visits in 34 municipalities. The study population included 3,377 men and women who answered questions about psychological characteristics and social relations at baseline, survived and took part in the three year follow-up study. Number of preventive home visits was registered during 3 years in a specially designed software installed in the municipalities. Psychological characteristics were measured by questions on sadness, aggressiveness, life satisfaction, mood, loneliness and sense of coherence. Social relations were measured by questions on cohabitation status, diversity in social relations and social participation. Covariates included age and disability. Older men with poor psychological rating on most of the variables had larger odds ratios of accepting and receiving preventive home visits compared to older men with higher ratings. Older women with poor rating on the psychological characteristics and high social participation had larger odds of accepting and receiving preventive home visits, and women with a strong sense of coherence had larger odds of receiving many visits. It is concluded that psychological characteristics and social relations in older persons seem to influence whether they accept and receive preventive home visits, but patterns of associations are complex and vary for men and women.

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“…Detailed information about the study design has been published elsewhere (Vass et al 2002). No demographic differences were seen between the participating 34 and the remaining 16 eligible municipalities (Vass et al 2004(Vass et al , 2005. The participating municipalities constituted a selected group, since they had to fulfil the demands of offering preventive home visits and be able to offer a certain level of rehabilitation to their older citizens.…”

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Measuring aspects of social capital in a gerontological perspective

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Within the last 10 years, there has been a growing interest in the importance of social capital and older people. The aims of the study are to advance measurements of aspects of social capital based on bonding, bridging and linking that can be used to study the impact of the local community on community-dwelling older populations and to study the distribution of these three measurements of social capital in 34 municipalities. Data are from a Danish prospective cohort study on preventive home visits among 4,034 old people 75? in 34 municipalities in Denmark. The measurements of aspects of social capital at community level are based on theory of bonding, bridging and linking social capital. It has been possible to analyse variations in the three measurements of social capital in the 34 municipalities and to characterize different municipalities according to high versus low social capital. There are interesting patterns in distribution of the three measurements. The two extreme groups of municipalities (high and low social capital) differ with regard to demography, social and structural conditions in the municipalities. We believe that the proposed measures of social capital will be relevant in future studies of social capital and health in older populations, since they are theoretically based and cover different aspects of social capital related to older people and their local community.

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“…Positive effects were related to younger ages of participants [4]. Interventions may work better among women than men [5]. The question remains as to whether, in very old populations, functional decline could be reversed.…”

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Prevention of disability by exercise among the elderly: A population-based, randomized, controlled trial

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Scandinavian Journal of Primary Health Care

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Structured home visits to older people. Are they only of benefit for women? A randomised controlled trial

Cited by 44 publications

References 15 publications

Influence of psychological characteristics and social relations on receiving preventive home visits in older men and women

Influence of psychological characteristics and social relations on receiving preventive home visits in older men and women

Measuring aspects of social capital in a gerontological perspective

Prevention of disability by exercise among the elderly: A population-based, randomized, controlled trial

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