Older people's views of falls-prevention interventions in six European countries

Gerontologist

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 650-660

  Yardley, Lucy ^a   Bishop, Felicity L ^a   Beyer, Nina ^b   Hauer, Klaus ^c   Kempen, Gertrudis I J M ^d   Piot Ziegler, Chantal ^e   Todd, Chris J ^f   Cuttelod, Thérèse ^e   Horne, Maria ^f   Lanta, Kyriaki ^a   Holt, Anne Rosell ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON   (United Kingdom)

^b BISPEBJERG HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^c UNIVERSITY OF HEIDELBERG   (Germany)

^d MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^e UNIVERSITY OF LAUSANNE   (Switzerland)

^f UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Falls; Patient compliance; Prevention; Refusal to participate

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; AGING; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE; DENMARK; EUROPE; FALLING; FAMILY; FEMALE; FRIEND; GERMANY; GREECE; HEALTH PRACTITIONER; HEALTH STATUS; HUMAN; MALE; MOTIVATION; NETHERLANDS; PATIENT COMPLIANCE; REFUSAL TO PARTICIPATE; RISK REDUCTION; STRENGTH; SWITZERLAND; UNITED KINGDOM; WELLBEING;

EID: 33750384398     PISSN: 00169013     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/geront/46.5.650     Document Type: Article

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