Table 1.
Characteristics of 20 Prioritized Systematic Reviews (SRs) on Interventions to Prevent or Delay Long-Term Nursing Home Placement (NHP)
| Interventions | # of SRs* | Recent† | Quality of SRs | SRs including | # of unique studies evaluating NHP§ | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| High | Medium | Only RCTs | Observational studies‡ | US studies | ||||
| Caregiver support | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | – | 1 | 7 |
| Respite care and day programs | 3 | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 22 |
| Case management | 4 | 2 | 4 | – | 2 | 1 | 3 | 28 |
| Preventive home visits | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 32 |
| Others|| | 9 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 |
RCTs randomized controlled trials, US United States
*SR prioritized based on higher quality and more recent searches
†Search conducted 2013 or later
‡May have also included RCTs in addition to observational studies
§For each intervention, the total number of unique primary studies identified by SR as evaluating NHP
||2 reviews—physical activity interventions; 1—home-based primary care; 1—interventions for falls prevention; 1—different settings for personal assistance; 1—assistive technologies; 1—demonstration projects to integrate acute and long-term care in the USA and Europe; 1—occupational therapy; and 1—light therapy