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There are many dropout cases in my samples of older adults living in the community. I wonder can I use the pretest score to examine differences among the remaining group members?

Emilia

2021年11月27日

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If our team plans to conduct a longitudinal study to examine the impacts of a program for older adults, may I ask the function of its pretest?

Emilia

2021年11月27日

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Following my previous question, when I searched for the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS), I found that it also has an abbreviated version with six items. Can I use the short version among older persons?

Following my previous question, when I searched for the Lubben Social Network Scale (LSNS), I found that it also has an abbreviated version with six items. Can I use the short version among older ...

Brandi

2021年11月26日

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Hello! Could you please recommend a scale that measures social isolation in older persons?

Brandi

2021年11月26日

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Following my prior post, in a cost-benefit analysis of a program caring for frail elders in the community, what kinds of variables are we usually examine?

Frederica

2021年11月26日

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The quality and financial implications of elder care are the pressing issues in Hong Kong. I wonder what kind of analysis is suitable that covers both quality and financial concerns?

Frederica

2021年11月26日

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Hi~ I am puzzling about something. When we are describing older adults’ health scores of intervention and control groups in an evaluation report, why do we need to report the standard deviation apart from the means?

Hi~ I am puzzling about something. When we are describing older adults’ health scores of intervention and control groups in an evaluation report, why do we need to report the standard deviation ap ...

April

2021年11月26日

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Some of the older persons participating in my program have dropped out because of death or moving to nursing home. Shall I report the condition in the evaluation report?

April

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Hi! In our program evaluation, we were very happy to find the indicator hospital admissions reduced within the intervention group after implementing the case management project. Does it mean the intervention of case management for older persons is effective?

Hi! In our program evaluation, we were very happy to find the indicator hospital admissions reduced within the intervention group after implementing the case management project. Does it mean the i ...

Angus

2021年11月26日

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Hello, friend! We plan to assess the effect of a case management project for older persons in Hong Kong. Regarding the outcome variable, I wonder if we could use hospital admissions as an indicator of health care costs?

Hello, friend! We plan to assess the effect of a case management project for older persons in Hong Kong. Regarding the outcome variable, I wonder if we could use hospital admissions as an indicato ...

Angus

2021年11月26日

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After searched for some evaluation reports, I found out that many descriptive and controlled trials have been performed in Western countries to examine the effectiveness of the comprehensive geriatric assessment. Can I cite the results in the Hong Kong context in similar program evaluations?

After searched for some evaluation reports, I found out that many descriptive and controlled trials have been performed in Western countries to examine the effectiveness of the comprehensive geria ...

Tobias

2021年11月26日

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It is very interesting. I recently got to know that there also are outreach services for frail elderly persons living in RCHEs. May I ask about its advantage?

Tobias

2021年11月26日

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