Meta-analysis of multifactorial interventions to prevent falls of older adults in care facilities

Journal of the American Geriatrics Society

Volumn 63, Issue 9, 2015, Pages 1972-1973

  Rimland, Joseph M ^a   Dell'Aquila, Giuseppina ^a   O'Mahony, Denis ^b   Soiza, Roy L ^c   Cruz Jentoft, Alfonso ^d   Abraha, Iosief ^a   Cherubini, Antonio ^a  

^a INRCA   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK   (Ireland)

^c WOODEND HOSPITAL   (United Kingdom)

^d HOSPITAL RAMÓN Y CAJAL   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AGED; ASSISTIVE TECHNOLOGY; EVIDENCE BASED PRACTICE; FALLING; GERIATRIC CARE; HUMAN; INTERVENTION STUDY; LETTER; LONG TERM CARE; MULTICENTER STUDY (TOPIC); NURSING HOME; RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL (TOPIC); RESIDENTIAL CARE; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; SYSTEMATIC REVIEW (TOPIC); WALKING AID; ACCIDENT PREVENTION; PREVENTION AND CONTROL;

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; ACCIDENTAL FALLS; HUMANS; NURSING HOMES;

EID: 84942104715     PISSN: 00028614     EISSN: 15325415     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jgs.13622     Document Type: Letter

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