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A behavioural intervention improved cognitive function and depression in elderly people in residential homes

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.3.1.25

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    Proctor R, Burns A, Stratton Powell H, et al.Behavioural management in nursing and residential homes: a randomised controlled trial.Lancet1999 Jul 3;354:26–9OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    QUESTION: In elderly people living in residential and nursing homes, can a behavioural intervention by a geriatric mental health outreach team improve cognitive function, depression, behavioural problems, and functional disability?

    Design

    Randomised (allocation concealed), blinded (patients), controlled trial with 6 months of follow up.

    Setting

    10 residential homes and 2 nursing homes in Manchester, UK.

    Patients

    120 elderly people (10 per home, mean age 82 y, 82% women) who lived in residential or nursing homes and whom staff identified as being difficult to manage. 88% completed the study.

    Intervention

    Residential or nursing homes were matched by size and accreditation status. …

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    Footnotes

    • Source of funding: National Health Services Executive.

    • For correspondence: Professor A Burns, University of Manchester, School of Psychiatry and Behavioural Sciences, Withington Hospital, Manchester M20 8LR, UK. Fax +44 (0)161 291 4364.

    • A modified version of this abstract appears in Evidence-Based Mental Health.