Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: Randomised controlled trial

British Medical Journal

Volumn 326, Issue 7380, 2003, Pages 73-75

  Shaw, Fiona E ^a   Bond, John ^b   Richardson, David A ^a   Dawson, Pamela ^c   Nicholas Steen, I ^b   McKeith, Ian G ^d   Anne Kenny, Rose ^a  

^a ROYAL VICTORIA INFIRMARY   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^d NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMENTIA; EMERGENCY TREATMENT; FALLING; HUMAN; INJURY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MORTALITY; OUTCOMES RESEARCH; PATIENT CARE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS;

EID: 0037431695     PISSN: 09598146     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

References (14)

1. Tinetti ME, Speechley M, Ginter SF. Risk factors for falls among elderly persons living in the community. N Engl J Med 1988;319:1701-7.
2. Van Dijk PTM, Meulenberg OGRM, Van De Sande HJ, Habbema JDF. Falls in dementia patients. Gerontologist 1993;33:200-4.
3. Department of Health. National service framework for older people. London: Department of Health, 2001:76-89.
4. Folstein MF, Folstein SE, McHugh PR. Mini-mental state. A practical method for grading the cognitive state of patients for the clinician. J Psychiatr Res 1975;12:189-98.
5. Rubenstein LZ, Robbins AS, Josephson KR, Schuiman BL, Osterweil D. The value of assessing falls in an elderly population: a randomized clinical trial. Ann Intern Med 1990;113:30S-16.
6. World Health Organization. The ICD-10 classification of mental and behavioural disorders: diagnostic criteria for researeh. Geneva: WHO, 1993:29-37.
7. Close J, Ellis M, Hooper R, Glucksman E, Jackson S, Swift C. Prevention of falls in the elderly trial (PROFET): a randomised controlled trial. Lancet 1999;353:93-7.
8. Tinetti ME, Baker DI, McAvay G, Claus EB, Garrett P, Gottschalk M, et al. A multifactorial intervention to reduce the risk of falling among elderly people living in the community. N Engl J Med 1994;331:821-7.
9. Lauritzen JB, Petersen MM, Lund B. Effect of external hip protectors on hip fractures. Lancet 1993;341:11-3.
10. Ray WA, Taylor JA, Meador KG, Thapa PB, Brown AK, Kajihara HK, et al. A randomized trial of a consultation service to reduce falls in nursing homes. JAMA 1997;278:557-62.
11. American Geriatrics Society, British Geriatrics Society, and American Academy of Orthopaedic Surgeons Panel on Fall Prevention. Guideline for the prevention of falls in older persons. J Am Geriatr Soc 2001;49: 664-72.
12. Campbell AJ, Robertson MC, Gardner MM, Norton RN, Tilyard MW, Buchner DM. Randomised controlled trial of a general practice programme of home based exercise to prevent falls in elderly women. BMJ 1997;315:1065-9.
13. Wolf SL, Barnhart HX, Kutner NG. McNeely E, Coogler C, Xu T. Reducing frailty and falls in older persons: an investigation of Tai Chi and computerized balance training. J Am Geriatr Soc 1996;44:489-97.
14. Mulrow CD, Gerety MB, Kanten D, Cornell JE, De Nino LA, Chiodo L, et al. A randomized trial of physical rehabilitation for very frail nursing home residents. JAMA 1994;271:519-24.