Table 1 Characteristics of the reviewed studies
Study | Country | Study setting | Sample size | Sex (N, %) | Mean age (SD, range) | Type of intervention | Readmission duration |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Deer et al. 2019 [34] | United States of America | Recruitment: Patients admitted to hospital for acute illness. Intervention: at home | 100 | M: 30 (30) W: 70 (70) | 71.1 (SD =7.95) | C | 30 days |
De Morton et al. 2007 [24] | Australia | Recruitment and intervention: general medical wards at one public acute, secondary and tertiary hospital | 236 | M: 107 W: 129 | 78 (7): control group 80 (8): intervention group | P | 28 days |
Finlayson et al. 2018 [25] | Australia | Recruitment: Medical wards at two tertiary metropolitan hospitals Intervention: home | 222 | M:60 (27) W: 162 (73) | 77.6 (SD = 6.64, range: 65–93 years) | P | 28 days** 84 days |
MartĂnez-Velilla et al. 2019 [32] | Spain | Recruitment and intervention: acute care unit at one tertiary public hospital | 370 | M: 161 (43) W:209 (57) | 87.3 (SD = 4.9, range: 75–101) | P | 84 days |
McCullagh et al. 2020 [30] | Ireland | Recruitment and intervention: all wards at a general teaching hospital | 190 | M:90 (47) W:100 (53) | 80.0 (SD = 7.5, range: 65–97) | P | 84 days |
Ortiz-Alonso et al. 2020 [31] | Spain | Recruitment and intervention: acute care for elders’ unit in a Public Hospital | 268 | M: 115 (43) W:153 (57) | 88 (SD = 5, range: 75–102) | P | 84 days |
Holyday et al. 2012 [26] | Australia | Recruitment and intervention: two acute geriatric medicine wards at one hospital | 143 | M:61 (43) W:82 (57) | a | N | 30 days |
Deutz et el. 2016 [33] | United States of America | Recruitment: 78 hospitals Intervention: hospital and home | 652b | M:298 (46) W: 354 (54) | 78.1 (8.6): placebo group 77.7 (8.2): intervention group | N | 30 days 60 days 90 days** |
Lindegaard Pedersen et al. 2017 [28] | Denmark | Recruitment: Department of Geriatrics at one university hospital Intervention: hospital and home | 208 | M: 35 (17) W:173 (83) | 86.1 (SD = 5.64), range 75–103) | N | 30 days** 90 days |
Sharma et al. 2017 [27] | Australia | Recruitment: General medicine department in a public hospital Intervention: hospital and primary healthcare sector after discharge | 148 | M:54 (36) W:94 (64) | 81.8 (SD = 8.7, range: 60–97) | N | 30 days 84 days |
Terp et al. 2018 [29] | Denmark | Recruitment: Department of geriatric medicine in a university hospital Intervention: hospital and primary health sector after discharge | 144c | M: 31 (23) W:113 (77) | 87 (SD = 6) | N | 90 days |