Multifactorial assessment and targeted intervention to reduce falls among the oldest-old: A randomized controlled trial

Clinical Interventions in Aging

Volumn 9, Issue , 2014, Pages 383-394

  Ferrer, Assumpta ^a   Formiga, Francesc ^b,c   Sanz, Héctor ^d   de Vries, Oscar J ^e   Badia, Teresa ^f   Pujol, Ramón ^b,c  

^a Primary Healthcare Centre 'El Plà' CAP I Sant Feliu de Llobregat   (Spain)

^b HOSPITAL UNIVERSITARI DE BELLVITGE   (Spain)

^c BELLVITGE BIOMEDICAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE IDIBELL   (Spain)

^d Health District Area Costa de Ponent   (Spain)

^e VU UNIVERSITY MEDICAL CENTER   (Netherlands)

^f Primary Healthcare Centre Martorell   (Spain)

Author keywords

Elderly; Falls; Intervention

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENT PRONENESS; AGED; ARTICLE; COGNITIVE DEFECT; COMORBIDITY; CONTROLLED STUDY; ELDERLY CARE; FALLING; FEMALE; FUNCTIONAL DISEASE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; MAJOR CLINICAL STUDY; MALE; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK ASSESSMENT; SPAIN; VERY ELDERLY;

ELDERLY; FALLS; INTERVENTION;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED, 80 AND OVER; ALGORITHMS; FEMALE; HEALTH SERVICES FOR THE AGED; HUMANS; KAPLAN-MEIER ESTIMATE; MALE; PROGRAM EVALUATION; PROPORTIONAL HAZARDS MODELS; RISK ASSESSMENT; RISK FACTORS; SINGLE-BLIND METHOD;

EID: 84896819841     PISSN: 11769092     EISSN: 11781998     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2147/CIA.S57580     Document Type: Article

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