Effectiveness of home visit nursing on improving mortality, hospitalization, institutionalization, satisfaction, and quality of life among older people: Umbrella review

Sameh Eltaybani; Kiyomi Kawase; Risako Kato; Asa Inagaki; Chia-Chien Li; Masumi Shinohara; Ayumi Igarashi; Mariko Sakka; Yuka Sumikawa; Chie Fukui; Noriko Yamamoto-Mitani

doi:10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.03.018

Effectiveness of home visit nursing on improving mortality, hospitalization, institutionalization, satisfaction, and quality of life among older people: Umbrella review

Geriatr Nurs. 2023 May-Jun:51:330-345. doi: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.03.018. Epub 2023 Apr 14.

Authors

Affiliations

¹ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan; Global Nursing Research center (GNRC), The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: samehaltaybani@yahoo.com.
² Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: k-kawase2525@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
³ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: cue-go.1130pc@nifty.com.
⁴ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan.
⁵ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: d00426001@ntu.edu.tw.
⁶ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: shinohara-masumi@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
⁷ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: aigarashi-tky@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
⁸ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: m.sakka@md.tsukuba.ac.jp.
⁹ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: sumi-tky@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
¹⁰ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: chi-f422@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.
¹¹ Department of Gerontological Homecare and Long-Term Care Nursing, Division of Health Science and Nursing, Graduate School of Medicine, The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. Electronic address: noriko-tky@g.ecc.u-tokyo.ac.jp.

PMID: 37060618
DOI: 10.1016/j.gerinurse.2023.03.018

Abstract

This umbrella review followed the JBI methodology and synthesized systematic reviews of the effectiveness of long-term home visit nursing for older people (≥ 60 years) on improving mortality, hospitalization, institutionalization, patient satisfaction, and quality of life. Eight bibliographic databases were searched, and 10 reviews with 22 distinct relevant trials (n = 10,765 participants) were included. Mortality was the most frequently examined outcome and satisfaction was the least examined (n = nine and one reviews, respectively). Home visit nursing had a favorable effect on reducing the number of admissions to hospital (n = 1,152 participants in two trials vs. 788 participants in three trials) and no effect on other outcomes. The evidence of the effectiveness of long-term home visit nursing for older people is minimal. Future research needs to be based on a theoretical foundation that explains how interventions are expected to work.

Keywords: Geriatric nursing; Home care services; Home visit nursing; Older people.

Publication types

Review
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

Aged
Hospitalization
House Calls*
Humans
Institutionalization
Personal Satisfaction
Quality of Life*