An individually-tailored multifactorial intervention program for older fallers in a middle-income developing country: Malaysian Falls Assessment and Intervention Trial (MyFAIT)

BMC Geriatrics

Volumn 14, Issue 1, 2014, Pages

  Tan, Pey June ^a   Khoo, Ee Ming ^a   Chinna, Karuthan ^a   Hill, Keith D ^b,c   Poi, Phillip J H ^a   Tan, Maw Pin ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MALAYA   (Malaysia)

^b CURTIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c NATIONAL AGEING RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Accidental falls; Aged; Asians; Fear of falling; Quality of life; Randomized controlled trial

Indexed keywords

AGED; ARTICLE; CONTROLLED CLINICAL TRIAL; CONTROLLED STUDY; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRY; EARLY INTERVENTION; ECONOMICS; ETHNOLOGY; FALLING; FEMALE; HUMAN; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MALE; METHODOLOGY; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL; RISK FACTOR; VERY ELDERLY;

ACCIDENTAL FALLS; AGED; AGED, 80 AND OVER; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EARLY MEDICAL INTERVENTION; FEMALE; HUMANS; INCOME; MALAYSIA; MALE; RESIDENCE CHARACTERISTICS; RISK FACTORS;

EID: 84902747545     PISSN: None     EISSN: 14712318     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1471-2318-14-78     Document Type: Article

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