Translating Clinical Research into Practice: A Randomized Controlled Trial of Exercise and Incontinence Care with Nursing Home Residents

2002248 citationsJournal Article

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John F. Schnelle · Jewish Home

Cathy Alessi · VA Greater Los Angeles Healthcare System

Sandra F. Simmons · University of California, Los Angeles

Nahla R. Al‐Samarrai · University of California, Los Angeles

John C. Beck · University of California, Los Angeles

Joseph G. Ouslander · Emory University

Abstract

The incontinence care and exercise intervention resulted in significant improvement for most residents, and most who could be reliably interviewed expressed a preference for such care. Fundamental changes in the staffing of most nursing homes will be necessary to translate efficacious clinical interventions into everyday practice.

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Published in: Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volume 50, Issue 9, pp. 1476-1483

DOI: 10.1046/j.1532-5415.2002.50401.x

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