Home visits do not prevent falls in elderly people in Europe

Programmes of multifactorial interventions targeted to the risk profile of the individual showed favourable effects on falls among elderly people in community settings in the United States. Little evidence is yet available about the effects of such interventions among elderly people in Europe. On p 994 van Haastregt et al describe the outcomes of a randomised controlled trial. They found that a programme of multifactorial home visits aimed at reducing falls and impairments in mobility in elderly people at risk living in the community was not effective in the Dutch healthcare setting. This may also apply to comparable settings in other European countries.

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Effects of a programme of multifactorial home visits on falls and mobility impairments in elderly people at risk: randomised controlled trial

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