TY - JOUR T1 - A home based intervention reduced disability in physically frail older people JF - Evidence Based Medicine JO - Evid Based Med SP - 81 LP - 81 DO - 10.1136/ebm.8.3.81 VL - 8 IS - 3 A2 - , Y1 - 2003/05/01 UR - http://ebm.bmj.com/content/8/3/81.abstract N2 - (2002) N Engl J Med 347, 1068. Gill TM, Baker DI, Gottschalk M, et al.. A program to prevent functional decline in physically frail, elderly persons who live at home.. ;. :. –74.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science
 
 QUESTION: In physically frail older people, how effective is a home based intervention aimed to prevent functional decline? Randomised (allocation concealed*), blinded (outcome assessors),* controlled trial with 12 months of follow up. Primary care practices in Connecticut, USA. 188 people ≥75 years of age (mean age 83 y, 80% women) who lived at home and were physically frail (needed >10 s to walk a 3.0 m course and back and inability to stand from a seated position in a hardback chair with their arms folded). People who met 1 of the frailty criteria were moderately frail; people who met both were severely frail. Exclusion criteria included inability to walk; receipt of physical therapy or exercise programme; dementia; and stroke, hip fracture, myocardial infarction, or hip or knee replacement surgery in the past 6 months. Follow up data were available for 176 people (94%). Participants were allocated to … ER -