Objectives:Intensive health services'utilization is common in older individuals affected by chronic diseases.This study assessed whether a structured family nurse-led educational intervention would be effective in...Objectives:Intensive health services'utilization is common in older individuals affected by chronic diseases.This study assessed whether a structured family nurse-led educational intervention would be effective in reducing health services'use(readmissions and/or emergency service access)among older people affected by chronic conditions.Methods:This is a non-randomized before-after pilot study.A sample of 78 patients was recruited from two general practices in Italy and 70 among them were followed for 8 months.Standard home care was provided during the first four months'period(months 1-4),followed by the educational intervention until the end of the study(months 5-8).The intervention,based on the teach-back method,consisted of by-weekly 60-min home sessions targeting aspects of the disease and its treatment,potential complications,medication adherence,and health behaviours.Rates of health services'use were collected immediately before(T0),and after the interventions(T1).Differences in utilization rates were examined by the McNemar's test.Potential factors associated with the risk of health services'use were explored with a Cox proportional hazard regression model.Results:The sample(n=78)was predominantly female(n=50,64.1%),and had a mean age of 76.2(SD=4.8)years.Diabetes mellitus was the most frequent disease(n=27,34.6%).McNemar's test indicated a significant reduction in health services'use at T1(McNemar χ^(2)==28.03,P<0.001).Cox regressions indicated that time and patient education,as well as their interaction,were the only variables positively associated with the probability of health services'use.Conclusion:A teach-back intervention led by a family nurse practitioner has the potential to reduce health services'use in older patients with chronic diseases.展开更多
利用实地调查所得数据,描述了我国城市和农村老年人居家养老保障需求的基本情况,并基于P rob it模型,对我国城乡老年人居家养老保障需求的影响因素进行分析。研究发现:个人健康特征、家庭特征和社会经济特征对老年人的居家养老服务需求...利用实地调查所得数据,描述了我国城市和农村老年人居家养老保障需求的基本情况,并基于P rob it模型,对我国城乡老年人居家养老保障需求的影响因素进行分析。研究发现:个人健康特征、家庭特征和社会经济特征对老年人的居家养老服务需求均有影响,并且老年人的心理健康、城乡差异状况对其需求的作用显著。基于研究结论做出了可能性解释,提出了完善居家养老保障体系,向老年人提供"靶向"式心理慰藉服务,在城乡中公平分配养老资源等相关思考。展开更多
文摘Objectives:Intensive health services'utilization is common in older individuals affected by chronic diseases.This study assessed whether a structured family nurse-led educational intervention would be effective in reducing health services'use(readmissions and/or emergency service access)among older people affected by chronic conditions.Methods:This is a non-randomized before-after pilot study.A sample of 78 patients was recruited from two general practices in Italy and 70 among them were followed for 8 months.Standard home care was provided during the first four months'period(months 1-4),followed by the educational intervention until the end of the study(months 5-8).The intervention,based on the teach-back method,consisted of by-weekly 60-min home sessions targeting aspects of the disease and its treatment,potential complications,medication adherence,and health behaviours.Rates of health services'use were collected immediately before(T0),and after the interventions(T1).Differences in utilization rates were examined by the McNemar's test.Potential factors associated with the risk of health services'use were explored with a Cox proportional hazard regression model.Results:The sample(n=78)was predominantly female(n=50,64.1%),and had a mean age of 76.2(SD=4.8)years.Diabetes mellitus was the most frequent disease(n=27,34.6%).McNemar's test indicated a significant reduction in health services'use at T1(McNemar χ^(2)==28.03,P<0.001).Cox regressions indicated that time and patient education,as well as their interaction,were the only variables positively associated with the probability of health services'use.Conclusion:A teach-back intervention led by a family nurse practitioner has the potential to reduce health services'use in older patients with chronic diseases.
文摘利用实地调查所得数据,描述了我国城市和农村老年人居家养老保障需求的基本情况,并基于P rob it模型,对我国城乡老年人居家养老保障需求的影响因素进行分析。研究发现:个人健康特征、家庭特征和社会经济特征对老年人的居家养老服务需求均有影响,并且老年人的心理健康、城乡差异状况对其需求的作用显著。基于研究结论做出了可能性解释,提出了完善居家养老保障体系,向老年人提供"靶向"式心理慰藉服务,在城乡中公平分配养老资源等相关思考。
