Effectiveness of intervention programs in preventing falls: A systematic review of recent 10 years and meta-analysis

Journal of the American Medical Directors Association

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 188.e13-188.e21

  Choi, Myunghan ^a,b   Hector, Melvin ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IPC The Hospitalist Company   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF ARIZONA COLLEGE OF MEDICINE   (United States)

Author keywords

Falls; Meta analysis; Older adults; Prevention programs

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CINAHL; CLINICAL EFFECTIVENESS; COMMUNITY; DATA ANALYSIS; DATA BASE; FALLING; HEALTH PROGRAM; HUMAN; MEDICAL LITERATURE; MEDLINE; META ANALYSIS; METHODOLOGY; NURSING HOME; OUTCOME ASSESSMENT; PREVENTIVE HEALTH SERVICE; PSYCINFO; QUALITY CONTROL; QUASI EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); SYSTEMATIC REVIEW;

EID: 84856091594     PISSN: 15258610     EISSN: 15389375     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jamda.2011.04.022     Document Type: Article

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