Objective: To determine the impact of multidisciplinary interventions on hospital admission
and mortality in heart failure. Design: Systematic review. Thirteen databases were searched …

Objective To determine whether home based medication review by pharmacists affects
hospital readmission rates among older people. Design Randomised controlled trial. Setting …

Background Despite effective assessment methods and medications targeting osteoporosis
and related fractures, screening for fracture risk is not currently advocated in the UK. We …

Objective: to assess whether home-based medication review by a pharmacist for at-risk
older patients in a primary care setting can reduce hospital admissions. Design: randomised …

Objective To test whether a drug review and symptom self management and lifestyle advice
intervention by community pharmacists could reduce hospital admissions or mortality in …

As more research is undertaken on the elderly, accurately assessing changes in their quality
of life becomes increasingly important. Generic instruments are the most popular method to …

Context: An understanding of the modifiable effects of diet on bone and skeletal muscle mass
and strength over the life course will help inform strategies to reduce age-related fracture …

The SCOOP study was a two‐arm randomized controlled trial conducted in the UK in 12,483
eligible women aged 70 to 85 years. It compared a screening program using the FRAX® …

The Screening for Osteoporosis in Older Women for the Prevention of Fracture (SCOOP)
study was a community‐based screening intervention in women aged 70 to 85 years in the …

SCOOP is a UK seven-centre, pragmatic, randomised controlled trial with 5-year follow-up,
including 11,580 women aged 70 to 85 years, to assess the effectiveness and cost-…