Preventing Falls in Community‐Dwelling Frail Older People Using a Home Intervention Team (HIT): Results From the Randomized Falls‐HIT Trial
- 20 February 2003
- journal article
- clinical trial
- Published by Wiley in Journal of the American Geriatrics Society
- Vol. 51 (3) , 300-305
- https://doi.org/10.1046/j.1532-5415.2003.51102.x
Abstract
OBJECTIVES: To evaluate the effect of an intervention by a multidisciplinary team to reduce falls in older people's homes. DESIGN: Randomized, controlled trial with follow‐up of subjects for 1 yea...Keywords
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