Home-based Extended Rehabilitation for Older people (HERO): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multi-centre trial to determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a home-based exercise intervention for older people with frailty as extended rehabilitation following acute illness or injury, including embedded process evaluation

Home-based Extended Rehabilitation for Older people (HERO): study protocol for an individually randomised controlled multi-centre trial to determine the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a home-based exercise intervention for older people with frailty as extended rehabilitation following acute illness or injury, including embedded process evaluation

Abstract Background The majority of older people (> 65 years) in hospital have frailty and are at increased risk of readmission or death following discharge home. In the UK, following acute hospitalisation, around one third of older people with frailty are referred on for rehabilitation, termed ‘...

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Main Authors: Matthew Prescott, Amanda Lilley-Kelly, Bonnie Cundill, David Clarke, Sian Drake, Amanda J. Farrin, Anne Forster, Madeline Goodwin, Victoria A. Goodwin, Abi J. Hall, Suzanne Hartley, Mike Holland, Claire Hulme, Silviya Nikolova, Catriona Parker, Phil Wright, Friederike Ziegler, Andrew Clegg
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: BMC 2021-11-01
Series:Trials
Subjects:
Older people
frailty
Ageing
Randomised controlled trial
Exercise
Physiotherapy
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05778-5

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https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-021-05778-5

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