Geriatrician-led evidence-based Falls Prevention Clinic: a prospective 12-month feasibility and acceptability cohort study among older adults.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

We assessed the feasibility and acceptability of delivering a geriatrician-led evidence-based Falls Prevention Clinic to older adults with a history of falls.

Design

12-month prospective cohort study.

Setting

Vancouver Falls Prevention Clinic, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada (www.fallsclinic.ca).

Participants

188 community-dwelling older adults aged ≥70 years who received a baseline assessment at the Vancouver Falls Prevention Clinic due to having had at least one fall resulting in medical attention in the previous 12 months. Fifty-six per cent of participants were also participating in a randomised controlled trial.

Measurements

Feasibility was ascertained by measuring demand (clinic attendance). Acceptability was measured by compliance wi

SUBMITTER: Davis JC 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6286621 | biostudies-literature | 2018 Dec

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature