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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Main Authors: Schwenk, Michael (Author) , Lauenroth, Andreas (Author) , Stock, Christian (Author) , Rodríguez Moreno, Raquel (Author) , Oster, Peter (Author) , Hauer, Klaus (Author)
Format: Article (Journal)
Language:English
Published: 2012
In: BMC medical research methodology
Year: 2012, Volume: 12
ISSN:1471-2288
DOI: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
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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.
Item Description:Published: 17 April 2012
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ISSN:1471-2288
DOI:10.1186/1471-2288-12-50