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| A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older pepole at high risk of falls | | Author(s) | Simon Conroy, Denise Kendrick, Rowan Harwood |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 39, no 6, November 2010 |
| Pages | pp 704-709 |
| Source | http://www.ageing.oxfordjournals.org http://www.bgs.org.uk doi: 10.1093/ageing/afq096 |
| Annotation | The objective of this study was to determine the clinical effectiveness of a day hospital-delivered multifactorial falls prevention programme, for community-dwelling older people at high risk of future falls identified through a screening process. The design of the study was a multicentre randomised controlled trial. The setting was an eight general practices and three day hospitals based in the East Midlands, UK. Participants: three hundred and sixty-four participants, mean age 79 years, with a median of three falls risk factors per person at baseline. Interventions: a day hospital-delivered multifactorial falls prevention programme, consisting of strength and balance training, a medical review and a home hazards assessment. The main outcome measure was rate of falls over 12 months of follow-up, recorded using self-completed monthly diaries. Results: one hundred and seventy-two participants in each arm contributed to the primary outcome analysis. The overall falls rate during follow-up was 1.7 falls per person-year in the intervention arm compared with 2.0 falls per person-year in the control arm. The stratum-adjusted incidence rate ratio was 0.86 (95% CI 0.73-1.01), P = 0.08, and 0.73 (95% CI 0.51-1.03), P = 0.07 when adjusted for baseline characteristics. There were no significant differences between the intervention and control arms in any secondary outcomes. This trial did not conclusively demonstrate the benefit of a day hospital-delivered multifactorial falls prevention programme, in a population of older people identified as being at high risk of a future fall. (KJ) |
| Accession Number | CPA-101124212 A |
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