tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6971945112131135572011-11-27T23:26:22.183ZTRIP Topic Reviews are occasional reviews carried out by TRIP. These tend to be modified versions of reviews we carry out for clients. For more information contact us via www.tripdatabase.com/ContactUs.htmlJon Brasseynoreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-697194511213113557.post-86987896062727996412007-04-28T12:27:00.000+01:002007-07-06T08:26:49.536+01:00<p>This review is a pragmatic attempt to highlight recent research and background material in falls. It should not be considered exhaustive, simply a way of reviewing some of the major developments and current thinking in the area.</p><p><a href="http://tripevidencereviews.blogspot.com/2007/04/list-of-trip-evidence-reviews.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Click here</span></strong></a> to see all the TRIP Evidence Reviews.</p><strong>Evidence-Based Reports</strong><br /><br /><ul><li><a href="http://www.otcats.com/topics/David_Chircop_Home_Mods.pdf">Do home modifications reduce the incidence of falls at home in older adults?</a> Occupational Therapy CATs, 2004</li><li><a href="http://www.otcats.com/topics/Lauren_Costelloe_Falls_2004.pdf">What is the evidence that a multifactorial falls assessment and management plan is more effective in reducing the number of falls in older adults than any other falls prevention intervention?</a> Occupational Therapy CATs, 2004</li><li><a href="http://ebn.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/8/4/120">A multifactorial intervention reduced the mean number of falls but not the proportion who fell in older people with recurrent falls</a>. Evidence-Based Nursing (Requires free registration). 2005</li><li><a href="http://ebm.bmj.com/cgi/content/full/9/6/169">Review: prophylactic use of vitamin D reduces falls in older persons</a>. Evidence-Based Medicine (Requires free registration). 2005</li></ul><p><strong>Clinical Guidelines</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=7091&nbr=4264&amp;ss=6&xl=999">Prevention of falls and fall injuries in the older adult</a>. Registered Nurses Association of Ontario, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.ctfphc.org/Full_Text/CTF_FallsPrevn_RS_Aug05.pdf">Prevention of falls in long-term care facilities</a>. Canadian Task Force on Preventive Health Care, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.guideline.gov/summary/summary.aspx?doc_id=9743&amp;nbr=5216&ss=6&amp;xl=999">Fall management guideline</a>. Best Practice Committee of the Health Care Association of New Jersey, 2006</li><li><a href="http://www.nice.org.uk/pdf/CG021NICEguideline.pdf">Falls: The assessment and prevention of falls in older people</a>. NICE, 2004</li></ul><p><strong>Systematic reviews</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.crd.york.ac.uk/CRDWeb/ShowRecord.asp?View=Full&ID=12005005338">A meta-analysis of exercise programmes for preventing falls in older people</a>. DARE, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab004441.html">Population-based interventions for the prevention of fall-related injuries in older people</a>. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2004</li><li><a href="http://www.cochrane.org/reviews/en/ab000340.html">Interventions for preventing falls in elderly people</a>. Cochrane Database of Systematic Reviews, 2003</li></ul><p><strong>Recent articles in core journals</strong></p><ul><li>A higher dose of vitamin d reduces the risk of falls in nursing home residents: a randomized, multiple-dose study. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2007 <a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&list_uids=17302660&amp;dopt=Abstract"><span style="color:#ff0000;">View article</span></a> OR <a href="http://testyourself.blog.tripdatabase.com/2007/05/test-yourself-on-falls-3.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can you answer this related question for extra CPD?</span></strong></a></li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&db=PubMed&amp;list_uids=17302652&dopt=Abstract">Improving vision to prevent falls in frail older people: a randomized trial</a>. J Am Geriatr Soc, 2007</li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?cmd=Retrieve&amp;db=PubMed&list_uids=17293604&amp;dopt=Abstract">Multifactorial and functional mobility assessment tools for fall risk among older adults in community, home-support, long-term and acute care settings</a>. Age Ageing, 2007</li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&amp;dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=17158580">Strategies to prevent falls and fractures in hospitals and care homes and effect of cognitive impairment: systematic review and meta-analyses</a>. BMJ, 2007</li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&amp;list_uids=17200478">Will my patient fall?</a> JAMA, 2007</li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&cmd=Retrieve&amp;dopt=AbstractPlus&list_uids=16183652">Randomised controlled trial of prevention of falls in people aged > or =75 with severe visual impairment: the VIP trial</a>. BMJ, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/entrez/query.fcgi?db=pubmed&amp;cmd=Retrieve&dopt=AbstractPlus&amp;list_uids=16310556">Prevention of falls and consequent injuries in elderly people</a>. Lancet, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.aafp.org/afp/20050701/81.html">Prevention of Falls in Older Patients</a>. American Family Physician, 2005</li><li><a href="http://www.aafp.org/afp/20000401/2159.html">Falls in the Elderly</a>. American Family Physician, 2000</li><li><a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&amp;TermToSearch=10350407">The prognosis of falls in elderly people living at home</a>. Age Ageing, 1999</li></ul><p><strong>eTextbooks</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmg/sec2/ch20/ch20a.jsp">Merck Manual of Geriatrics</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.ganfyd.org/index.php?title=Falls">Ganfyd</a></li><li><a href="http://www.gpnotebook.co.uk/simplepage.cfm?ID=-1093664762">GP Notebook</a></li></ul><p><strong>Clinical Queries</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=4826">Which is the best standardised assessment to measure fear of falling in older people who have fallen?</a> NLH Q&A Service, 2007</li><li><a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=4825">Is occupational therapy intervention effective in reducing falls in elderly people who have fallen?</a> NLH Q&amp;A Service, 2007</li><li>What is the evidence that hip protectors prevent falls in elderly people? NLH Q&A Service, 2005 <a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=1516"><span style="color:#ff0000;">View answer</span></a> OR <a href="http://testyourself.blog.tripdatabase.com/2007/05/test-yourself-on-falls-1.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can you answer this question for extra CPD?</span></strong></a></li><li>What is the most effective intervention to reduce fear of falling in older people who have fallen? NLH Q&amp;A Service, 2006 <a href="http://www.clinicalanswers.nhs.uk/index.cfm?question=4670"><span style="color:#ff0000;">View answer</span></a> OR <a href="http://testyourself.blog.tripdatabase.com/2007/05/test-yourself-on-falls-2.html"><strong><span style="color:#ff0000;">Can you answer this question for extra CPD?</span></strong></a></li></ul><p><strong>Patient Information</strong></p><ul><li><a href="http://www.informedhealthonline.org/falls-prevention.282.56.en.html">Informed Health Online</a> </li><li><a href="http://www.nhsdirect.nhs.uk/articles/article.aspx?articleid=487">NHS Direct Online</a></li><li><a href="http://www.betterhealth.vic.gov.au/bhcv2/bhcarticles.nsf/pages/Falls_prevention_for_older_people?open">Better Health Channel</a></li><li><a href="http://familydoctor.org/245.xml">Family Doctor</a></li></ul><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/697194511213113557-8698789606272799641?l=falls.blog.tripdatabase.com' alt='' /></div>Jon Brasseynoreply@blogger.com0