Interdisciplinary management care for older person; A Scoping Review of Randomized Control Trial Study

Abstract

Introduction: The decrease of function capacity elderly and various comorbidities in older person related with elderly quality of life. Interdisciplinary is an approach to solve health problem involving various professions, however, limited interdisciplinary evidence review related to the life quality of older person. Objective: identified types of interdisciplinary intervention for older person. Method: Scoping review study with four databases, including Medline, EBSCOhost, PubMed, Science Direct. The assessment of the article quality was conducted using Joanna Briggs Institute. Results: The search results contained 976 studies, with 194 duplicates, and 782 were selected according to the literature study problem. Forty-six articles were completely scanned; from the total number screened, there were 10 articles that fulfilled the criteria to be reviewed. Two main themes were found 1) The type of interventions for elderly’s quality of life; a) Homebased geriatric interdisciplinary rehabilitation, b) interdisciplinary interprofessional collaboration, c) Multidisciplinary integrated care, d) Home visit. 2) Obstacles in implementing an interdisciplinary approach; a) Patient awareness and the function of family members, b) Health factors of the elderly people. Conclusion: Interdisciplinary approaches have positive impact for older person with various health problems. Interdisciplinary approach recommended in performing care to the elderly with their various health problems, however specific elderly health problem with types of the intervention are recommended for future work.