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Clinical Trial
. 2003 Jan 11;326(7380):73.
doi: 10.1136/bmj.326.7380.73.

Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: randomised controlled trial

Fiona E Shaw  1 , John Bond, David A Richardson, Pamela Dawson, I Nicholas Steen, Ian G McKeith, Rose Anne Kenny
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Clinical Trial

Multifactorial intervention after a fall in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department: randomised controlled trial

Fiona E Shaw et al. BMJ. .

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  • BMJ. 2003 Mar 29;326(7391):699

Abstract

Objective: To determine the effectiveness of multifactorial intervention after a fall in older patients with cognitive impairment and dementia attending the accident and emergency department.

Design: Randomised controlled trial.

Participants: 274 cognitively impaired older people (aged 65 or over) presenting to the accident and emergency department after a fall: 130 were randomised to assessment and intervention and 144 were randomised to assessment followed by conventional care (control group).

Setting: Two accident and emergency departments, Newcastle upon Tyne.

Main outcome measures: Primary outcome was number of participants who fell in year after intervention. Secondary outcomes were number of falls (corrected for diary returns), time to first fall, injury rates, fall related attendances at accident and emergency department, fall related hospital admissions, and mortality.

Results: Intention to treat analysis showed no significant difference between intervention and control groups in proportion of patients who fell during 1 year's follow up (74% (96/130) and 80% (115/144), relative risk ratio 0.92, 95% confidence interval 0.81 to 1.05). No significant differences were found between groups for secondary outcome measures.

Conclusions: Multifactorial intervention was not effective in preventing falls in older people with cognitive impairment and dementia presenting to the accident and emergency department after a fall.

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