Scalability evaluation of a complex community-based falls prevention intervention in Australian stroke rehabilitation.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

To investigate the scalability of the multi-component Falls After Stroke Trial (FAST) intervention tailored to community-dwelling adults with stroke to enable post-trial implementation.

Design

A mixed-methods formative evaluation of FAST data guided by the Reach, Effectiveness, Adoption, Implementation and Maintenance (RE-AIM) framework.

Setting

Community settings across three states in Australia.

Participants

Stroke participants were a subset of FAST trial participants (n=50) who were community-dwelling adults who had experienced a stroke up to 5 years prior and were at risk of falling. Therapists who delivered the intervention in the trial (interventionists) were physiotherapists and occupational therapists, trained in the FAST intervention.

Int

SUBMITTER: Lin I 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12481250 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature