Effectiveness of integrated person-centered interventions for older people's care: Review of Swedish experiences and experts’ perspective
Journal article, 2024
Older adults have multiple medical and social care needs, requiring a shift toward an integrated person-centered model of care. Our objective was to describe and summarize Swedish experiences of integrated person-centered care by reviewing studies published between 2000 and 2023, and to identify the main challenges and scientific gaps through expert discussions. Seventy-three publications were identified by searching MEDLINE and contacting experts. Interventions were categorized using two World Health Organization frameworks: (1) Integrated Care for Older People (ICOPE), and (2) Integrated People-Centered Health Services (IPCHS). The included 73 publications were derived from 31 unique and heterogeneous interventions pertaining mainly to the micro- and meso-levels. Among publications measuring mortality, 15% were effective. Subjective health outcomes showed improvement in 24% of publications, morbidity outcomes in 42%, disability outcomes in 48%, and service utilization outcomes in 58%. Workshop discussions in Stockholm (Sweden), March 2023, were recorded, transcribed, and summarized. Experts emphasized: (1) lack of rigorous evaluation methods, (2) need for participatory designs, (3) scarcity of macro-level interventions, and (4) importance of transitioning from person- to people-centered integrated care. These challenges could explain the unexpected weak beneficial effects of the interventions on health outcomes, whereas service utilization outcomes were more positively impacted. Finally, we derived a list of recommendations, including the need to engage care organizations in interventions from their inception and to leverage researchers’ scientific expertise. Although this review provides a comprehensive snapshot of interventions in the context of Sweden, the findings offer transferable perspectives on the real-world challenges encountered in this field.
older people
Sweden
person-centered care
integrated care
Author
Mariam Kirvalidze
Karolinska Institutet
Anne Marie Boström
Karolinska University Hospital
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholms Sjukhem
Ann Liljas
Karolinska Institutet
Megan Doheny
Karolinska Institutet
Anne Hendry
International Foundation for Integrated Care ((IFIC))
University of the West of Scotland
Brendan McCormack
The University of Sydney
Laura Fratiglioni
Stiftelsen Stockholms Läns Äldrecentrum
Karolinska Institutet
Sulin Ali
Karolinska Institutet
University of Duisburg-Essen
Zahra Ebrahimi
University of Gothenburg
Sölve Elmståhl
Lund University
Maria Eriksdotter
Karolinska University Hospital
Karolinska Institutet
Pascal Gläske
Karolinska Institutet
University of Duisburg-Essen
Lena Karin Gustafsson
Mälardalens university
Åsa Hedberg Rundgren
Stiftelsen Stockholms Läns Äldrecentrum
Helena Hvitfeldt
Norrtälje Sjukhus
Carin Lennartsson
Karolinska Institutet
Stockholm University
Lena Marmstål Hammar
Mälardalens university
Dalarna university
Gunnar H. Nilsson
Karolinska Institutet
Peter Nilsson
Myndigheten för vård- och omsorgsanalys
Joakim Öhlén
University of Gothenburg
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Anna Sandgren
Linnaeus University
Annika Söderman
Faculty of Medicine and Health
Karl Swedberg
University of Gothenburg
Nicoline Vackerberg
School of engineering Jönköping university
Davide Liborio Vetrano
Stiftelsen Stockholms Läns Äldrecentrum
Karolinska Institutet
Helle Wijk
Chalmers, Architecture and Civil Engineering, Building Design
University of Gothenburg
Sahlgrenska University Hospital
Janne Agerholm
Karolinska Institutet
Amaia Calderón-Larrañaga
Karolinska Institutet
Stiftelsen Stockholms Läns Äldrecentrum
Journal of Internal Medicine
0954-6820 (ISSN) 1365-2796 (eISSN)
Vol. 295 6 804-824Subject Categories (SSIF 2011)
Nursing
Gerontology, specialising in Medical and Health Sciences
Public Health, Global Health, Social Medicine and Epidemiology
DOI
10.1111/joim.13784