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Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community

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Background: Falls and fall-related injuries are common, particularly in those aged over 65, with around one-third of older people living in the community falling at least once a year. Falls prevention interventions may comprise single component interventions (e.g. exercise), or involve combinations of two or more different types of intervention (e.g. exercise and medication review). Their delivery can broadly be divided into two main groups: 1) multifactorial interventions where component ...

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Published
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Peer reviewed

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10.1002/14651858.CD012221.pub2

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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Science Division
Department:
NDORMS; CSM
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
MSD
Department:
NDORMS
Sub department:
Centre for Statistics in Medicine
Oxford college:
Wolfson College
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ORCID:
0000-0001-9783-6549
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Institution:
University of Oxford
Division:
Medical Science Division
Department:
NDORMS; CSM
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Author
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Wiley Publisher's website
Journal:
Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews Journal website
Volume:
2018
Issue:
7
Article number:
CD012221
Publication date:
2018-07-23
Acceptance date:
2018-07-19
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EISSN:
1469-493X
Pubs id:
pubs:890259
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uuid:e3276ed8-eb2a-437e-a138-65aa684da608
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pubs:890259
Source identifiers:
890259
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2018-07-23

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