Which components of a primary care affiliated home visiting nurse program are associated with disability maintenance/improvement?

Home Health Care Serv Q. 2012;31(2):155-80. doi: 10.1080/01621424.2012.681550.

Abstract

A process evaluation of a primary care affiliated home visiting nurse intervention was performed to determine which intervention components were associated with disability maintenance/improvement. This secondary analysis (N = 238) used data recorded in intervention databases and patient interviews among community-dwelling elders with disability. Intervention components were examined in descriptive, correlational, bivariate, and logistic regression analyses. Results demonstrated that two structure components--physician-patient-family-nurse conference visits and intervention (education) materials--and three process components--disease management activities, goal setting, and medication management activities--were linked to maintaining/improving activities of daily living disability status. Confirmation of these findings may help home care nurses to delay disability worsening.

MeSH terms

  • Activities of Daily Living
  • Aged
  • Disability Evaluation
  • Disabled Persons*
  • Disease Management*
  • Female
  • Geriatric Assessment
  • Home Nursing*
  • Humans
  • Interviews as Topic
  • Logistic Models
  • Male
  • Medicare
  • Nursing Assessment
  • Primary Care Nursing*
  • Process Assessment, Health Care*
  • United States