Background The feasibility of effective fall prevention programmes (FPPs) for use in daily
clinical practice needs to be assessed in the specific healthcare settings. The aim of this …

Background: Falls among older persons occur frequently and are a common cause of
physical and psychological morbidity and healthcare utilization. The problem can be …

Background Falls are a major health threat to older community-living people, and initiatives
to prevent falls should be a public health priority. We evaluated a Dutch version of a …

Objectives This review aims to identify types of the existing fall prevention education (FPE)
and their effectiveness in promoting fall risk awareness, knowledge and preventive fall …

There is strong evidence that effective fall prevention elements exist, but the implementation
into society remains difficult. The aim of the current study is to describe and evaluate the …

Background Prevention of falls in the elderly is a public health target in many countries
around the world. While a large number of trials have investigated the effectiveness of fall …

Abstract Background General practitioners (GPs) can be considered the designated
professionals to identify high fall risk and to guide older people to fall preventive care …

Background Despite substantial research evidence indicating the effectiveness of a range of
interventions to prevent falls, uptake into routine clinical practice has been limited by several …

Background More than a third of people over the age of 65 years fall each year. Falling can
lead to a reduction in quality of life, mortality, and a risk of prolonged hospitalisation …

OBJECTIVES: To describe the implementation and the effects of a multifactorial fall
prevention trial on the specified risk factors of falling, incidence of falls and injurious falls …