Patients with recurrent falls attending Accident & Emergency benefit from multifactorial intervention - A randomised controlled trial

Age and Ageing

Volumn 34, Issue 2, 2005, Pages 162-168

  Davison, John ^a   Bond, John ^b   Dawson, Pamela ^c   Steen, I Nicholas ^b   Kenny, Rose Anne ^a  

^a NEWCASTLE GENERAL HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^b NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c NORTHUMBRIA UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Accident Emergency; Elderly; Fall related injury; Older persons; Randomised controlled trial; Recurrent falls; Treatment

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; BODY EQUILIBRIUM; CLINICAL TRIAL; CONFIDENCE INTERVAL; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEAR; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; GAIT; HOSPITAL ADMISSION; HUMAN; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MORTALITY; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; PHYSIOTHERAPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTOR; SCORING SYSTEM; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; STATISTICAL SIGNIFICANCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CAUSALITY; COMBINED MODALITY THERAPY; EMERGENCY SERVICE, HOSPITAL; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HOSPITALS, GENERAL; HOSPITALS, UNIVERSITY; HUMANS; MALE; MENTAL STATUS SCHEDULE; OCCUPATIONAL THERAPY; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT (HEALTH CARE); PATIENT CARE TEAM; PATIENT READMISSION; PHYSICAL THERAPY MODALITIES; RISK FACTORS; SURVIVAL RATE; WOUNDS AND INJURIES;

EID: 14744295303     PISSN: 00020729     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/ageing/afi053     Document Type: Article

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