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  • Factors associated with quality of life and caregiver strain amongst frail older adults referred to a community rehabilitation service: implications for service delivery

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    Comans, Tracy A
    Currin, Michelle L
    Brauer, Sandra G
    Haines, Terry P
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    Comans, Tracy
    Year published
    2011
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    Abstract
    Purpose.To identify factors contributing to reduced quality of life and increased caregiver strain in an older population referred to a community rehabilitation team and to recommend service delivery models. Methods.Analytical cross-sectional study arising from baseline assessments from 107 subjects drawn from a randomised controlled trial of community rehabilitation service delivery models. Setting.A community rehabilitation team based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Measures.Primary outcome variables include quality of life (EQ-5D & VAS) and Carer Strain Index. Predictor variables include participation in functional ...
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    Purpose.To identify factors contributing to reduced quality of life and increased caregiver strain in an older population referred to a community rehabilitation team and to recommend service delivery models. Methods.Analytical cross-sectional study arising from baseline assessments from 107 subjects drawn from a randomised controlled trial of community rehabilitation service delivery models. Setting.A community rehabilitation team based in Brisbane, Queensland, Australia. Measures.Primary outcome variables include quality of life (EQ-5D & VAS) and Carer Strain Index. Predictor variables include participation in functional activities, history of falls, number of medications, number of co-morbidities, depression, environmental hazards, physical function and nutrition. Association between variables assessed using linear regression. Results.Major factors contributing to reduced quality of life were having reduced participation in daily activities, depression, and having poor vision. Having poor nutrition and no longer driving also contributed to poor quality of life. The major factor contributing to increased caregiver strain was reduced participation in daily activities by the older person. Conclusions.Community rehabilitation services working with older populations must adopt models of care that screen for and address a wide range of factors that contribute to poor quality of life and caregiver strain.
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    Journal Title
    Disability and Rehabilitation
    Volume
    33
    Issue
    13-14
    DOI
    https://doi.org/10.3109/09638288.2010.525288
    Copyright Statement
    © 2010 Informa Healthcare. This is an electronic version of an article published in Disability and Rehabilitation, Vol. 33(13-14), 2010, pp. 1215-1221. Disability and Rehabilitation is available online at: http://informahealthcare.com with the open URL of your article.
    Subject
    Biomedical and clinical sciences
    Publication URI
    http://hdl.handle.net/10072/35635
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