Effect of Health Risk Assessment and Counselling on Health Behaviour and Survival in Older People: A Pragmatic Randomised Trial

Potentially avoidable risk factors continue to cause unnecessary disability and premature death in older people. Health risk assessment (HRA), a method successfully used in working-age populations, is a promising method for cost-effective health promotion and preventive care in older individuals, bu...

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Published in:	PLoS medicine Vol. 12; no. 10; p. e1001889
Main Authors:	Stuck, Andreas E., Moser, André, Morf, Ueli, Wirz, Urban, Wyser, Joseph, Gillmann, Gerhard, Born, Stephan, Zwahlen, Marcel, Iliffe, Steve, Harari, Danielle, Swift, Cameron, Beck, John C., Egger, Matthias
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	English
Published:	United States Public Library of Science 01.10.2015 Public Library of Science (PLoS)
Subjects:	Age groups Aged Analysis Clinical trials Counseling Feedback Female Geriatric Assessment - methods German language Health Behavior Health care Health promotion Health risk assessment Humans Immunization Influenza Male Mortality Mortality - trends Older people Population Pragmatism Prevention Preventive Health Services - utilization Preventive medicine Questionnaires Researchers Risk Assessment - methods Risk Factors Sensitivity analysis Surveys and Questionnaires Survival Analysis Switzerland - epidemiology Urban areas Switzerland United Kingdom
ISSN:	1549-1676, 1549-1277, 1549-1676
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