Definitions and methods of measuring and reporting on injurious falls in randomised controlled fall prevention trials: a systematic review
The standardisation of the assessment methodology and case definition represents a major precondition for the comparison of study results and the conduction of meta-analyses. International guidelines provide recommendations for the standardisation of falls methodology; however, injurious falls have...
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| Format: | Article (Journal) |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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BMC medical research methodology
Year: 2012, Volume: 12 |
| ISSN: | 1471-2288 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2288-12-50 |
| Online Access: | Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-50 Verlag, kostenfrei, Volltext: https://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2288-12-50 
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| Author Notes: | Michael Schwenk, Andreas Lauenroth, Christian Stock, Raquel Rodriguez Moreno, Peter Oster, Gretl McHugh, Chris Todd and Klaus Hauer |
| Summary: | The standardisation of the assessment methodology and case definition represents a major precondition for the comparison of study results and the conduction of meta-analyses. International guidelines provide recommendations for the standardisation of falls methodology; however, injurious falls have not been targeted. The aim of the present article was to review systematically the range of case definitions and methods used to measure and report on injurious falls in randomised controlled trials (RCTs) on fall prevention. |
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| Item Description: | Published: 17 April 2012 Gesehen am 12.06.2018 |
| Physical Description: | Online Resource |
| ISSN: | 1471-2288 |
| DOI: | 10.1186/1471-2288-12-50 |