The clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of home-based, nurse-led health promotion for older people: a systematic review

Tappenden P, Campbell F, Rawdin A, Wong R, Kalita N
Record ID 32011000640
English
Authors' objectives:

Since 2000, nine systematic reviews5-10;11-13 have been published. These reported conflicting results regarding the benefits of home visiting programmes; five found beneficial effects, three found no evidence of benefit and two were inconclusive. A subgroup analysis within one review suggested that effective home-visiting programmes include multidimensional assessment, many follow-up visits and targeted people at a lower risk of death.7 These reviews did not include consider cost-effectiveness concerns and none were UK-specific.

This assessment will seek to address these gaps to identify the factors which contribute to the effectiveness of these interventions and to examine whether such programmes represent value for money.

Authors' recommendations: Study finds that home-based health promotion may offer clinical benefits across a number of health dimensions for older people but it is unclear which components of the intervention are beneficial and whether this service offers good value for money.
Details
Project Status: Completed
Year Published: 2012
URL for published report: http://www.hta.ac.uk/2456
English language abstract: An English language summary is available
Publication Type: Not Assigned
Country: England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
  • Aged
  • Geriatric Nursing
  • Health Promotion
Contact
Organisation Name: NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address: NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
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Contact Email: journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright: 2012 Queen's Printer and Controller of HMSO
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