Carmen B Franse1, Amy van Grieken1, Tamara Alhambra-Borrás2, Elisa Valía-Cotanda2, Rob van Staveren3, Tasos Rentoumis4, Athina Markaki4, Lovorka Bilajac5, Vanja Vasiljev Marchesi6, Tomislav Rukavina5, Arpana Verma7, Greg Williams7, Elin Koppelaar8, Rens Martijn8, Antonius J J Voorham8, Francesco Mattace Raso9, Jorge Garcés-Ferrer2, Hein Raat10. 1. Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 2. Polibienestar Research Institute, University of Valencia, Valencia, Spain. 3. Zorg Op Noord, Capelle aan den IJssel, The Netherlands. 4. Alliance for integrated care, Athens, Greece. 5. Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Rijeka, Croatia; Teaching institute of Public Health Primorsko-goranska County, Branch Office Opatija, Rijeka, Croatia. 6. Faculty of Medicine University of Rijeka, Department of Social Medicine and Epidemiology, Rijeka, Croatia; Faculty of Health Studies, University of Rijeka, Department of Public Health, Rijeka, Croatia. 7. Manchester Urban Collaboration on Health, Centre for Epidemiology, Division of Population Health, Health Services Research and Primary Care, Manchester Academic Health Science Centre, The University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom. 8. Rotterdam University of Applied Sciences, Research Centre Innovation in Care, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 9. Erasmus University Medical Center, Section of geriatric medicine, Department of Internal Medicine, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. 10. Erasmus University Medical Center, Department of Public Health, Rotterdam, The Netherlands. Electronic address: h.raat@erasmusmc.nl.
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Older persons often have multiple health and social problems and need a variety of health services. A coordinated preventive approach that integrates the provision of health and social care services could promote healthy ageing. Such an approach can be organised differently, depending on the availability and organizational structures in the local context. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of a coordinated preventive care approach in various European settings. OBJECTIVES: This study explored the effects of a coordinated preventive health and social care approach on the lifestyle, health and quality of life of community-dwelling older persons in five European cities. DESIGN: International multi-center pre-post controlled trial. SETTING: Community settings in cities in the United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, the Netherlands and Spain. PARTICIPANTS: 1844 community-dwelling older persons (mean age = 79.5; SD = 5.6). METHODS: The Urban Health Centres Europe (UHCE) approach consisted of a preventive multidimensional health assessment and, if a person was at-risk, coordinated care-pathways targeted at fall risk, appropriate medication use, loneliness and frailty. Intervention and control sites were chosen based on their location in distinct neighbourhoods in the participating cities. Persons in the catchment area of the intervention sites 'the intervention group' received the UHCE approach and persons in catchment areas of the control sites 'the control group' received care as usual. A questionnaire and two measurements were taken at baseline and at one-year follow-up to assess healthy lifestyle, fall risk, appropriate medication use, loneliness level, frailty, level of independence, health-related quality of life and care use. To evaluate differences in outcomes between intervention group and control group for the total study population, for those who received follow-up care-pathways and for each city separately (multilevel) logistic and linear regression analyses were used. RESULTS: Persons in the intervention group had less recurrent falls (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.48; 0.88) and lower frailty (B=-0.43, 95% CI= -0.65 to -0.22) at follow-up compared with persons in the control group. Physical health-related quality of life and mental well-being was better (B = 0.95; 95% CI = 0.14-1.76; and B = 1.50; 95% CI = 0.15-2.84 respectively). The effects of the UHCE approach were stronger in the subgroup of persons (53.6%) enrolled in care-pathways. CONCLUSIONS: Our study found promising but minor effects for the use of a coordinated preventive health and social care approach for the promotion of healthy ageing of older persons. Future studies should further evaluate effects of coordinated preventive health and social care aimed at healthy ageing. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN registry number is ISRCTN52788952. Date of registration is 13/03/2017.
BACKGROUND: Older persons often have multiple health and social problems and need a variety of health services. A coordinated preventive approach that integrates the provision of health and social care services could promote healthy ageing. Such an approach can be organised differently, depending on the availability and organizational structures in the local context. Therefore, it is important to evaluate the effectiveness of a coordinated preventive care approach in various European settings. OBJECTIVES: This study explored the effects of a coordinated preventive health and social care approach on the lifestyle, health and quality of life of community-dwelling older persons in five European cities. DESIGN: International multi-center pre-post controlled trial. SETTING: Community settings in cities in the United Kingdom, Greece, Croatia, the Netherlands and Spain. PARTICIPANTS: 1844 community-dwelling older persons (mean age = 79.5; SD = 5.6). METHODS: The Urban Health Centres Europe (UHCE) approach consisted of a preventive multidimensional health assessment and, if a person was at-risk, coordinated care-pathways targeted at fall risk, appropriate medication use, loneliness and frailty. Intervention and control sites were chosen based on their location in distinct neighbourhoods in the participating cities. Persons in the catchment area of the intervention sites 'the intervention group' received the UHCE approach and persons in catchment areas of the control sites 'the control group' received care as usual. A questionnaire and two measurements were taken at baseline and at one-year follow-up to assess healthy lifestyle, fall risk, appropriate medication use, loneliness level, frailty, level of independence, health-related quality of life and care use. To evaluate differences in outcomes between intervention group and control group for the total study population, for those who received follow-up care-pathways and for each city separately (multilevel) logistic and linear regression analyses were used. RESULTS:Persons in the intervention group had less recurrent falls (OR = 0.65, 95% CI = 0.48; 0.88) and lower frailty (B=-0.43, 95% CI= -0.65 to -0.22) at follow-up compared with persons in the control group. Physical health-related quality of life and mental well-being was better (B = 0.95; 95% CI = 0.14-1.76; and B = 1.50; 95% CI = 0.15-2.84 respectively). The effects of the UHCE approach were stronger in the subgroup of persons (53.6%) enrolled in care-pathways. CONCLUSIONS: Our study found promising but minor effects for the use of a coordinated preventive health and social care approach for the promotion of healthy ageing of older persons. Future studies should further evaluate effects of coordinated preventive health and social care aimed at healthy ageing. TRIAL REGISTRATION: ISRCTN registry number is ISRCTN52788952. Date of registration is 13/03/2017.
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