Fall prevention education to reduce fall risk among community-dwelling older persons: A systematic review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This review aims to identify types of the existing fall prevention education (FPE) and their effectiveness in promoting fall risk awareness, knowledge and preventive fall behaviour change among community-dwelling older people.

Background

FPE is a cost-effective and helpful tool for reducing fall occurrences.

Evaluation

This is a systematic review study using electronic searches via EBSCOHost® platform, ScienceDirect, Scopus and Google Scholar in March 2021. The review protocol was registered with PROSPERO (CRD42021232102). The Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic reviews and Meta-Analyses (PRISMA) statement flow chart guided the search strategy. Articles published from January 2010 to March 2021 were included for quality appraisal using the 'Transparent

SUBMITTER: Ong MF 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9291009 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature