Effect of an In‐Home Occupational and Physical Therapy Intervention on Reducing Mortality in Functionally Vulnerable Older People: Preliminary Findings

OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of a multicomponent intervention on mortality and the role of control‐oriented strategy use as the change mechanism.

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