PMID: 2118403Jul 28, 1990Paper

Locomotor disability in very elderly people: value of a programme for screening and provision of aids for daily living

BMJ : British Medical Journal
D HartA Silman

Abstract

To assess the prevalence of potentially reversible locomotor disabilities in elderly subjects and the cost effectiveness of providing aids for daily living. Population based randomised controlled trial of subjects aged greater than or equal to 85 living independently in an inner London borough. 21 Electoral wards of the London Borough of Hackney. 1255 Subjects aged greater than or equal to 85 living in their own home whose names were obtained from general practitioner lists and cross checked against the electoral register, 511 of whom were subsequently found to be ineligible. Of the 744 remaining, those with disability on screening were randomised and allocated to an intervention group (36) or a control group (43), in which intervention was postponed until four weeks, after the follow up assessment. Subjects with aids supplied previously were excluded from the intervention phase. Provision of raised toilet seat, teapot tipper, tap turner, shoe horn and elastic laces, and double handled saucepan. Degree of difficulty (grades 1-4) with specific tasks (getting on and off a toilet, pouring from a teapot into a cup, turning taps on and off, carrying a saucepan of standard weight, and putting on shoes) and time taken to perform them....Continue Reading

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