作者: Anne Borrows , Richard Holland
DOI: 10.12968/IJTR.2013.20.4.187
关键词: Independent living 、 Intervention (counseling) 、 Occupational therapy 、 Intervention group 、 Physical therapy 、 Quality of life 、 Primary outcome 、 Randomized controlled trial 、 Medicine 、 Randomization
摘要: Aim To determine whether the occupational therapy service from an independent living centre (ILC) was more or less effective than routine community service. Methods This study is a pragmatic, pilot RCT, following parallel group design where we randomized participants to receive either (OT) services ILC (intervention) OT (control). An automated randomization system allocated into one of two groups. Intervention usually received intervention during one-off visit approximately 1.5 hours. Community assessments varied in length between 0.5 2 The same researcher performed outcome at 3 and 12 months after randomization, with follow-up telephone contact further letter, if required. primary used assess dependency Dependence Index (CDI). Secondary outcomes included measure quality life, EQ...