Bibliographic Details
| Title: |
Home-based Extended Rehabilitation for Older people (HERO): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multi-centre trial to determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a home-based exercise intervention for older people with frailty as extended rehabilitation following acute illness or injury, including embedded process evaluation |
| Authors: |
Matthew Prescott, Amanda Lilley-Kelly, Bonnie Cundill, David Clarke, Sian Drake, Amanda J. Farrin, Anne Forster, Madeline Goodwin, Victoria A. Goodwin, Abi J. Hall, Suzanne Hartley, Mike Holland, Claire Hulme, Silviya Nikolova, Catriona Parker, Phil Wright, Friederike Ziegler, Andrew Clegg |
| Source: |
Trials, Vol 22, Iss 1, Pp 1-17 (2021) |
| Publisher Information: |
BMC, 2021. |
| Publication Year: |
2021 |
| Collection: |
LCC:Medicine (General) |
| Subject Terms: |
Older people, frailty, Ageing, Randomised controlled trial, Exercise, Physiotherapy, Medicine (General), R5-920 |
| More Details: |
Abstract Background The majority of older people (> 65 years) in hospital have frailty and are at increased risk of readmission or death following discharge home. In the UK, following acute hospitalisation, around one third of older people with frailty are referred on for rehabilitation, termed ‘intermediate care’ services. Although this rehabilitation can reduce early readmission to hospital ( |
| Document Type: |
article |
| File Description: |
electronic resource |
| Language: |
English |
| ISSN: |
1745-6215 |
| Relation: |
https://doaj.org/toc/1745-6215 |
| DOI: |
10.1186/s13063-021-05778-5 |
| Access URL: |
https://doaj.org/article/b57602d90ac148a5a0fe0b0cc2bf60d8 |
| Accession Number: |
edsdoj.b57602d90ac148a5a0fe0b0cc2bf60d8 |
| Database: |
Directory of Open Access Journals |
