Older people and falls: a randomized controlled trial of a health visitor (HV) intervention

2001 ◽  
Vol 11 (3) ◽  
pp. 209-214 ◽  
Author(s):  
Paul Kingston ◽  
Mary Jones ◽  
Frank Lally ◽  
Peter Crome
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Older People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Health Visitor ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
One Year

Research shows that approximately one in three people over the age of 65 years falls in any one year, with approximately one in three falling again in the following year. Prevalence of falls also increases with age, and women are more likely to fall than men. However, in advanced old age the ratio of men and women fallers reaches equal proportions.

OUTCOMES FROM A RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIAL OF A GROUP INTERVENTION FOR HIV POSITIVE MEN AND WOMEN COPING WITH AIDS-RELATED LOSS AND BEREAVEMENT

Death Studies ◽  
2004 ◽  
Vol 28 (3) ◽  
pp. 187-209 ◽  
Author(s):  
KATHLEEN J. SIKKEMA ◽  
NATHAN B. HANSEN ◽  
ARLENE KOCHMAN ◽  
DAVID C. TATE ◽  
WAYNE DIFRANCEISCO
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Group Intervention ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Hiv Positive ◽  
Men And Women ◽  
Randomized Controlled ◽  
Hiv Positive Men

Preventing Falls in Older People: Outcome Evaluation of a Randomized Controlled Trial

2001 ◽  
Vol 49 (11) ◽  
pp. 1448-1455 ◽  
Author(s):  
Margaret Stevens ◽  
C. D'Arcy J. Holman ◽  
Nicole Bennett ◽  
Nick De Klerk
Keyword(s):  
Randomized Controlled Trial ◽  
Older People ◽  
Controlled Trial ◽  
Outcome Evaluation ◽  
Randomized Controlled
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