Tailored implementation of national recommendations on fall prevention among older adults in municipalities in Norway (FALLPREVENT trial): a study protocol for a cluster-randomised trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Despite substantial research evidence indicating the effectiveness of a range of interventions to prevent falls, uptake into routine clinical practice has been limited by several implementation challenges. The complexity of fall prevention in municipality health care underlines the importance of flexible implementation strategies tailored both to general determinants of fall prevention and to local contexts. This cluster-randomised trial (RCT) investigates the effectiveness of a tailored intervention to implement national recommendations on fall prevention among older home-dwelling adults compared to usual practice on adherence to the recommendations in health professionals.

Methods

Twenty-five municipalities from four regions in Norway will be randomised to inter

SUBMITTER: Bjerk M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10811923 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature