Multifactorial Fall Prevention for Pairs of Frail Community-Dwelling Older Fallers and their Informal Caregivers: A Dead End for Complex Interventions in the Frailest Fallers

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 12, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 451-458

  Faes, Miriam C ^a   Reelick, Miriam F ^a   Melis, René J ^a   Borm, George F ^a   Esselink, Rianne A ^a   Olde Rikkert, Marcel G ^a  

^a RADBOUD UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Fall prevention; Frail older persons; Informal caregivers; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CAREGIVER; CAREGIVER BURDEN; COGNITION; COMMUNITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; FACTORIAL ANALYSIS; FEMALE; FRAIL ELDERLY; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; MEDICAL EDUCATION; MULTICENTER STUDY; MULTIFACTORIAL INHERITANCE; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; OUTPATIENT DEPARTMENT; PSYCHOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; SINGLE BLIND PROCEDURE;

EID: 79956258067     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2010.11.006     Document Type: Article

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