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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2022 Jun 1.
Published in final edited form as: J Am Geriatr Soc. 2021 Mar 18;69(6):1670–1682. doi: 10.1111/jgs.17078

Table 1.

Study Characteristics

Citation Design N Setting Complex Health Need
Alegría, 201937 RCT I: 153
C: 154
MA, NY, FL, Puerto Rico (Community) Disability: Depression or anxiety plus minor-moderate disability (SPPB)
Dye, 201838 Quasi-exp I: 33
C: 36
Rural Oconee County, SC (Community) High-utilization: High ED-utilizing county; multiple chronic conditions in most participants
Geffen, 201939 Quasi-exp (+ qual) 212 Peri-urban suburb, South Africa (Community) Multimorbidity: At least 2 listed physical or psychosocial conditions
Lawn, 201740 Qual 10 older adults
24 support workers
8 coordinators
Metro and rural South Australia (Community) High-utilization: Frequent users of hospital/acute care due to comorbidities, psychosocial complexities
Li, 201941 Qual (within parent RCT) 16 village doctors
16 aging workers
6 psychiatrists
Rural China (PC) Multimorbidity: Comorbid hypertension and depression
Panagioti, 201842 RCT (Trial w/in Cohort) I: 504a
C: 802
Northwest England (Community; PC recruitment) Multimorbidity: At least 2 self-reported long-term conditions
Russell, 201743,b Quasi-exp (+ qual) 34 older adults
23 HHAs
Urban NY (Community) Frailty: Dual Medicare and Medicaid recipients (described as frail)
Walters, 201744 Pilot RCT (+ qual) I: 26
C: 25
Urban, semi-rural UK (Community; PC recruitment) Frailty: Mild frailty (Rockwood Clinical Frailty Scale)
Wang, 201345 Pilot RCT I: 30
C: 32
Rural Taiwan (Community; PC recruitment) Multimorbidity: At least 2 chronic illnesses

Abbreviations: C, control; ED, emergency department; HHA, home health aide; I, intervention; PC, primary care; Qual, qualitative; Quasi-exp, quasi-experimental; RCT, randomized controlled trial; SPPB, Short Physical Performance Battery.

a

In this Trials within Cohorts design, 504 participants were randomized to the treatment group, but only 207 consented to the intervention.

b

Only 1 of the 2 described interventions in this article met criteria for this systematic review.