Refer to the USPSTF Procedure Manual for further details.10 Figure 2. Literature Search Flow Diagram View LargeDownload aTrials may be included in more than 1 intervention type. Table. Summary of Evidence View LargeDownload Supplement. eMethods. Literature Search Strategies for Primary Literature e...
For additional details, see the USPSTF Procedure Manual.3 Figure 2. Literature Search Flow Diagram: Interventions to Prevent Falls in Older Adults View LargeDownload Reasons for exclusion: Outcomes: Study did not have relevant outcomes or had incomplete outcomes. Study design: Study did not ...
Each participant then engaged in a second iteration of this procedure, using the alternative measurement guidance tool. A counterbalanced design was employed to control for order effects, i.e. by alternating the order in which the respective measurement tools were issued to participants at the ...
Falls are the leading cause of injuries in older adults. Environmental objects (such as furniture, walls, and handrails) may act as hazards or facilitators to balance maintenance and safe landing. There is lack of objective evidence on how older adults i
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Procedure The focus group venues comprised meeting rooms in universities, local authorities, voluntary organisations, and church and village halls. Each focus group was audio recorded, transcribed verbatim, and lasted on average 80 minutes (range = 46–107 minutes). The facilitator was accompanied...
Procedure A survey was developed with consumer feedback from three ambulant adults with CP. The feedback was used to guide the language, descriptors and format of the survey by ensuring that the font size and layout was suitable for potential participants who may have limitations of visual acuity...
DESIGN: Retrospective observational study, part of a larger falls prevention project in a 323-bed acute care, tertiary teaching hospital in Melbourne, Australia. A review of falls incidents was undertaken for all patient admissions for 18 months from January 2002, excluding the Day Procedure Unit,...
Vibration interventions often utilize exercises while performing vibration, [55] and so may be classified under exercise interventions, however the study by Leung and colleagues had participants standing with straight knees on the vibrating platform for the duration of the vibration procedure (20 min/...
Procedure The institutional human research ethics review committee of the Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital (RBWH) approved this study. We included all mandatory and non-mandatory fields collected in relation to individual fall incidents across QH facilities for the observation...