Effectiveness of a health and social care integration programme for home-dwelling frail older persons in Argentina

IntroductionThe evidence of effectiveness of integrated care initiatives for home-dwelling frail older persons is still inconclusive. There is a need for more studies, especially in developing countries. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a health and social care integration programme...

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Published in:International journal of integrated care 2022-04, Vol.22 (S1), p.190
Main Authors: Perman, Gastón, Prevettoni, Mariana, Guenzelovich, Tami, Schapira, Marcelo, Infantino, Verónica Martínez, Ramos, Roxana, Saimovici, Javier, Gallo, Cristian M, Ferré Cunha, Maria Florencia, Scozzafava, Silvana, Hornstein, Lucila, Garfi, Leronardo
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description IntroductionThe evidence of effectiveness of integrated care initiatives for home-dwelling frail older persons is still inconclusive. There is a need for more studies, especially in developing countries. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a health and social care integration programme versus the best standard of care to date in this population.Theory/MethodsQuasi-experimental study performed in patients' homes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The intervention arm had a health and social care counsellor that systematically reviewed the social and biological situation following a structured process, evaluating: functionality, nutrition, mobility, pain, cognition, medication reconciliation and adherence, need for care, quality of care, and environmental safety. The control group received the best standard of care to date, with access to the same health or social care services, but without the counsellor and related processes. The main outcome was the adjusted hazard ratio for hospitalizations after one year using a Cox-proportional hazards model.ResultsWe recruited 121 persons in each group. The crude hazard ratio for hospital admissions, comparing the intervention to the control group was 0.622 (95% CI 0.427 to 0.904; p 0.013). The adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) was 0.503 (95%CI 0.340 to 0.746; p 0.001). The aHR for death was 0.993 (95%CI 0.492 - 2.002; p 0.984). The absolute difference in the quality of life was 16.59 points (95%CI 12.03 to 21.14; p
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There is a need for more studies, especially in developing countries. Our objective was to assess the effectiveness of a health and social care integration programme versus the best standard of care to date in this population.Theory/MethodsQuasi-experimental study performed in patients' homes in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The intervention arm had a health and social care counsellor that systematically reviewed the social and biological situation following a structured process, evaluating: functionality, nutrition, mobility, pain, cognition, medication reconciliation and adherence, need for care, quality of care, and environmental safety. The control group received the best standard of care to date, with access to the same health or social care services, but without the counsellor and related processes. The main outcome was the adjusted hazard ratio for hospitalizations after one year using a Cox-proportional hazards model.ResultsWe recruited 121 persons in each group. The crude hazard ratio for hospital admissions, comparing the intervention to the control group was 0.622 (95% CI 0.427 to 0.904; p 0.013). The adjusted hazard ratio (aHR) was 0.503 (95%CI 0.340 to 0.746; p 0.001). The aHR for death was 0.993 (95%CI 0.492 - 2.002; p 0.984). The absolute difference in the quality of life was 16.59 points (95%CI 12.03 to 21.14; p&lt;0.001).DiscussionThere are many integrated care initiatives that focus mainly on medical issues and not in both health and social care integration. It is not known why some studies showed positive results while others failed to show any. We focused, among other things, on building or reinforcing each patient´s social network, identifying appropriate caregivers and training and supporting them. Given our scarce resources, only one health care professional -the health and social care counsellor- oversaw all the intervention activities. 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