A Randomized Trial of a Multifactorial Strategy to Prevent Serious Fall Injuries

Injuries from falls are major contributors to death and complications in older adults. In this pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial, a multifactorial intervention that was administered by nurses did not result in a significantly lower rate of first adjudicated serious fall injury than enhanced usual...

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Veröffentlicht in:The New England journal of medicine 2020-07, Vol.383 (2), p.129-140
Hauptverfasser: Bhasin, Shalender, Gill, Thomas M, Reuben, David B, Latham, Nancy K, Ganz, David A, Greene, Erich J, Dziura, James, Basaria, Shehzad, Gurwitz, Jerry H, Dykes, Patricia C, McMahon, Siobhan, Storer, Thomas W, Gazarian, Priscilla, Miller, Michael E, Travison, Thomas G, Esserman, Denise, Carnie, Martha B, Goehring, Lori, Fagan, Maureen, Greenspan, Susan L, Alexander, Neil, Wiggins, Jocelyn, Ko, Fred, Siu, Albert L, Volpi, Elena, Wu, Albert W, Rich, Jeremy, Waring, Stephen C, Wallace, Robert B, Casteel, Carri, Resnick, Neil M, Magaziner, Jay, Charpentier, Peter, Lu, Charles, Araujo, Katy, Rajeevan, Haseena, Meng, Can, Allore, Heather, Brawley, Brooke F, Eder, Rich, McGloin, Joanne M, Skokos, Eleni A, Duncan, Pamela W, Baker, Dorothy, Boult, Chad, Correa-de-Araujo, Rosaly, Peduzzi, Peter
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Zusammenfassung:Injuries from falls are major contributors to death and complications in older adults. In this pragmatic, cluster-randomized trial, a multifactorial intervention that was administered by nurses did not result in a significantly lower rate of first adjudicated serious fall injury than enhanced usual care.
ISSN:0028-4793
1533-4406
DOI:10.1056/NEJMoa2002183