A multicentre randomised controlled trial of day hospital-based falls prevention programme for a screened population of community-dwelling older people at high risk of falls.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

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.

Design

multicentre randomised controlled trial.

Setting

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.

Main outcome measure

rate of falls over 12 months of follow-up, recorded using

SUBMITTER: Conroy S 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC2956530 | biostudies-literature | 2010 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature