Prevention of falls in nursing homes: Subgroup analyses of a randomized fall prevention trial

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 56, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 1092-1097

  Rapp, Kilian ^a,b   Lamb, Sarah E ^c   Büchele, Gisela ^b   Lall, Ranjit ^c   Lindemann, Ulrich ^a   Becker, Clemens ^a  

^a ROBERT BOSCH HOSPITAL   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ULM   (Germany)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WARWICK   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Fall prevention; Falls; Nursing home; Subgroup analysis

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COGNITIVE DEFECT; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; EVOLUTIONARY ADAPTATION; FALL RISK; FEMALE; HUMAN; MALE; MEDICAL STAFF; MULTICENTER STUDY; NURSING HOME; PREVENTIVE MEDICINE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; URINE INCONTINENCE;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; CLUSTER ANALYSIS; FEMALE; GERMANY; HOMES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; INCIDENCE; LONG-TERM CARE; MALE; NURSING HOMES; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS AS TOPIC; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 44649139871     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2008.01739.x     Document Type: Article

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