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© 1976 Oxford University Press

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Psycho-Social Effects of Home Care: Results of a Randomized Controlled Trial

LOWELL W. GERSON1 and A. F. E. BERRY2

1Associate Professor of Medical Sociology, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's, Newfoundland. Currently: Associate Professor, Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University Hamilton, Ontario.
2Research Associate, Department of Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland.

Gerson, L. W. (Dept. Community Medicine, Faculty of Medicine, Memorial University of Newfoundland, St. John's Newfoundland, Canada). Psycho-social effects of home care: results of a randomized controlled trial. International Journal of Epidemiology 1976, 5: 159–165.

A randomized controlled trial was conducted to evaluate the efficacy of the early transfer of hospital in. patients to home care. This paper reports rates of return to normal role functions in work, leisure and household roles for patients who received any of five surgical procedures. With regard to return to work or leisure tasks, no statistically significant differences were observed between groups for any of the procedures. The rates of return to household activities were greater for home care patients than they were for controls in the cases of cholecystectomy and procedures for anal and rectal fistula.

Received 4 November 1975


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