RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 Effectiveness of a community-based multifaceted fall-prevention intervention in active and independent older Chinese adults
JF Injury Prevention
JO Inj Prev
FD BMJ Publishing Group Ltd
SP 248
OP 251
DO 10.1136/ip.2008.020420
VO 15
IS 4
A1 Q H Xia
A1 Y Jiang
A1 C J Niu
A1 C X Tang
A1 Z L Xia
YR 2009
UL http://injuryprevention.bmj.com/content/15/4/248.abstract
AB Objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of an 18-month multifaceted intervention designed to reduce the incidence of falls in community-living older adults in China.Methods: A population-based community trial evaluated by before-and-after cross-sectional surveys. Four residential communities were randomised to either a multifaceted intervention or a control condition. Baseline information was collected from a sample of older adults in each community. A 1-year annual fall rate was calculated after an 18-month comprehensive intervention.Results: After intervention, 7.19% of the intervention community sample reported falls, compared with 17.86% of the control community sample (p<0.000). The annual fall rate decreased by 10.52% in the intervention communities, whereas the difference in control communities was not statistically significant.Conclusions: Multifaceted interventions in community settings may be useful in preventing falls among older people, and can be applied in similar settings in China.