Baseline and follow-up characteristics of participants and nonparticipants in a randomized clinical trial of multifactorial fall prevention in Denmark

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 57, Issue 10, 2009, Pages 1844-1849

  Vind, Ane B ^a   Andersen, Hanne E ^a   Pedersen, Kirsten D ^a   Jørgensen, Torben ^a,b   Schwarz, Peter ^a,b  

^a GLOSTRUP UNIVERSITY HOSPITAL   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Accidental fall; Elderly; External validity; Fall prevention

Indexed keywords

ANTIDEPRESSANT AGENT; BENZODIAZEPINE; BENZODIAZEPINE DERIVATIVE;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; AGED; ARTICLE; CLINICAL TRIAL; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DENMARK; EXTERNAL VALIDITY; FALLING; FEMALE; FOLLOW UP; FRACTURE; HIP FRACTURE; HOSPITALIZATION; HUMAN; INCOME; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MARRIAGE; MORBIDITY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; SOCIOECONOMICS;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; DENMARK; FEMALE; FOLLOW-UP STUDIES; HUMANS; MALE; MIDDLE AGED;

EID: 70350423184     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1532-5415.2009.02435.x     Document Type: Article

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