Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review
Objectives: To identify interventions that aim to reduce dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) in homecare service users. To determine: content; effectiveness in improving ability to perform ADL; and whether delivery by qualified occupational therapists influences effectiveness. Data sourc...
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| author | Whitehead, Phillip J. Worthington, Esme Parry, Ruth H. Walker, Marion F. Drummond, Avril E.R. |
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| description | Objectives: To identify interventions that aim to reduce dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) in homecare service users. To determine: content; effectiveness in improving ability to perform ADL; and whether delivery by qualified occupational therapists influences effectiveness.
Data sources: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, PsycINFO, OTseeker, PEDro, Web of Science, CIRRIE, and ASSIA.
Review methods: We included: randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials and controlled before and after studies. Two reviewers independently screened studies for inclusion, assessed risk of bias and extracted data. A narrative synthesis of the findings was conducted.
Results: Thirteen studies were included, totalling 4975 participants. Ten (77%) were judged to have risk of bias. Interventions were categorised as those termed ‘re-ablement’ or ‘restorative homecare’ (n=5/13); and those involving separate components which were not described using this terminology (n=8/13). Content of the intervention and level of health professional input varied within and between studies. Effectiveness on ADL: eight studies included an ADL outcome, five favoured the intervention group, only two with statistical significance, both these were controlled before and after studies judged at high risk of bias. ADL outcome was reported using seven different measures. Occupational therapy: there was insufficient evidence to determine whether involvement of qualified occupational therapists influenced effectiveness.
Conclusion: There is limited evidence that interventions targeted at personal ADL can reduce homecare service users’ dependency with activities, the content of evaluated interventions varies greatly. |
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| spelling | nottingham-354252020-05-04T17:24:22Z https://eprints.nottingham.ac.uk/35425/ Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review Whitehead, Phillip J. Worthington, Esme Parry, Ruth H. Walker, Marion F. Drummond, Avril E.R. Objectives: To identify interventions that aim to reduce dependency in activities of daily living (ADL) in homecare service users. To determine: content; effectiveness in improving ability to perform ADL; and whether delivery by qualified occupational therapists influences effectiveness. Data sources: The Cochrane Central Register of Controlled Trials, MEDLINE, EMBASE, AMED, CINAHL, PsycINFO, OTseeker, PEDro, Web of Science, CIRRIE, and ASSIA. Review methods: We included: randomised controlled trials, non-randomised controlled trials and controlled before and after studies. Two reviewers independently screened studies for inclusion, assessed risk of bias and extracted data. A narrative synthesis of the findings was conducted. Results: Thirteen studies were included, totalling 4975 participants. Ten (77%) were judged to have risk of bias. Interventions were categorised as those termed ‘re-ablement’ or ‘restorative homecare’ (n=5/13); and those involving separate components which were not described using this terminology (n=8/13). Content of the intervention and level of health professional input varied within and between studies. Effectiveness on ADL: eight studies included an ADL outcome, five favoured the intervention group, only two with statistical significance, both these were controlled before and after studies judged at high risk of bias. ADL outcome was reported using seven different measures. Occupational therapy: there was insufficient evidence to determine whether involvement of qualified occupational therapists influenced effectiveness. Conclusion: There is limited evidence that interventions targeted at personal ADL can reduce homecare service users’ dependency with activities, the content of evaluated interventions varies greatly. SAGE 2015-11-02 Article PeerReviewed Whitehead, Phillip J., Worthington, Esme, Parry, Ruth H., Walker, Marion F. and Drummond, Avril E.R. (2015) Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review. Clinical Rehabilitation, 29 (11). pp. 1064-1076. ISSN 0269-2155 Homecare services; personal activities of daily living; re-ablement; restorative homecare; occupational therapy http://cre.sagepub.com/content/29/11/1064.long doi:10.1177/0269215514564894 doi:10.1177/0269215514564894 |
| spellingShingle | Homecare services; personal activities of daily living; re-ablement; restorative homecare; occupational therapy Whitehead, Phillip J. Worthington, Esme Parry, Ruth H. Walker, Marion F. Drummond, Avril E.R. Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| title | Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities
of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| title_full | Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities
of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| title_fullStr | Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities
of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| title_full_unstemmed | Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities
of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| title_short | Interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities
of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| title_sort | interventions to reduce dependency in personal activities
of daily living in community dwelling adults who use homecare services: a systematic review |
| topic | Homecare services; personal activities of daily living; re-ablement; restorative homecare; occupational therapy |
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