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Steady As You Go (SAYGO) — a falls prevention program for seniors living in the community
Author(s)	Ellie Robson, Joy Edwards, Elaine Gallagher
Journal title	Canadian Journal on Aging, vol 22, no 2, Summer 2003
Pages	pp 207-216
Keywords	Falls ; Accident prevention ; Living in the community ; Longitudinal surveys ; Canada.
Annotation	Designed in the Capital Health region of Alberta, the Steady As You Go (SAYGO) falls prevention programme integrated the knowledge gained from successful falls prevention research into a brief community intervention. SAYGO included a multifactorial, risk abatement approach, as well as a cognitive behavioural and environmental focus. 660 relatively healthy and mobile community-dwelling older people were the target population; and the randomised community trail was conducted in urban and rural areas of Alberta. Those who completed the program made significant reductions in 8 of the 9 risk factors tackled by the program. In a 4-month follow-up, the proportion of those who fell was lower in the treatment group (17%) than in the control group (23%). Among those who had fallen in the previous year, a significantly lower proportion of those in the treatment group experienced a fall in the follow-up period (20%), as compared to the 35% in the control group. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-030829210 A
Classmark	OLF: OQ: K4: 3J: 7S
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