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A multifactorial intervention reduced the mean number of falls but not the proportion who fell in older people with recurrent falls

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.8.4.120

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    Davison J, Bond J, Dawson P, et al. Patients with recurrent falls attending Accident & Emergency benefit from multifactorial intervention—a randomised controlled trial. Age Ageing 2005;34:162–8.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q What is the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to prevent falls in older people with recurrent falls?

    METHODS

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    randomised controlled trial.

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    concealed.

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    blinded (data collectors).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    1 year.

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    accident and emergency departments (EDs) in a university teaching hospital and an affiliated district general hospital in the UK.

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    313 patients >65 years of age (mean age 77 y, 72% women) who presented to an ED with a fall or fall related injury and had ⩾1 previous fall in the preceding year. Exclusion criteria included cognitive impairment (Mini Mental …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr R A Kenny, Falls and Syncope Service and Institute for Ageing and Health, Royal Victoria Infirmary, Newcastle upon Tyne, UK. r.a.kennyncl.ac.uk

    • Sources of funding: Wellcome Trust and Northern and Yorkshire NHS Executive.