Interventions for the prevention of falls in older adults: systematic review and meta-analysis of randomised clinical trials
By John T. Chang, S. Morton, L. Rubenstein, W. Mojica, M. Maglione, M. Suttorp, E. Roth, Paul Shekelle. British medical journal, 2004
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Subfields: Geriatrics and Gerontology, Physical Therapy, Sports Therapy and Rehabilitation, Psychiatry and Mental health
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- Physical Activity and Bone Health (2004, background): “The type of exercise regimen most likely to reduce falls remains unclear (14), because studies with positive and negative findings overlap a great deal in the type of activity utilized (i.”
- Reasons or excuses for avoiding meta-analysis in forest plots (2008, background): “No widely accepted quantitative measure exists to grade clinical heterogeneity. Nevertheless, it may be better to examine clinical differences in a meta-analysis rather than use them as a reason for not conducting one. For example, a review identified 40 trials of diverse interventions to prevent fa”
- Development of a Common Outcome Data Set for Fall Injury Prevention Trials: The Prevention of Falls Network Europe Consensus (2005, background): “Although there is good evidence that interventions such as multifactorial fall prevention and individually prescribed exercise are effective in reducing falls, the effect on serious injury rates is unclear.(1,2) Historically, trials have not been adequately powered to detect injury endpoints, and va”
- Effective Exercise for the Prevention of Falls: A Systematic Review and Meta‐Analysis (2008, background): “Meta-analysis should therefore involve exploration of whether these factors ‘‘explain’’ (are associated with) estimates of the effect of exercise programs.(7,8) A Cochrane review of fall prevention strategies(6) conducted separate meta-analyses on different forms of exercise and concluded that some ”
- Will my patient fall? (2007, background): “Two investigators (D.A.G., Y.B.) reviewed the titles and abstracts (requesting full text where appropriate),restrictingarticlestothosethatmet thefollowinginclusioncriteria:(1)used prospective data collection, (2) included fall incidence during follow-upasanoutcome,(3)reporteddata specific to a commu”
- Cost-Effectiveness of Interventions to Promote Physical Activity: A Modelling Study (2009, background): “Too little physical activity increases the risks of ischaemic heart disease, stroke, colon cancer, breast cancer, and type 2 diabetes [1], as well as obesity [2] and falls in later life [3].”
- Tackling the wider social determinants of health and health inequalities: evidence from systematic reviews (2009, positive): “Chang et al 19 “Environmental” changes (changes in the housing infrastructure to reduce risk of falls) NS reduction in “at least one fall” (adjusted risk ratio of 0.90 0.77 to 1.05).”