“We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study.

Lafond, Natasha; Maula, Asiya; Iliffe, Steve; Vedhara, Kavita; Audsley, Sarah; Kendrick, Denise; Orton, Elizabeth

doi:10.1017/S1463423619000379

Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018 (2024)
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Tyrrell, E. G., Orton, E., Tata, L. J., & Kendrick, D. (2024). Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018. Archives of Public Health, 82, Article 50. https://doi.org/10.1186/s13690-024-01268-7

Background There have been sharp increases in antidepressant and opioid prescriptions over the last 10 years, as well as increased over-the-counter medicine availability. However, the impact on childhood medicinal poisonings rates, particularly by s... Read More about Patterns and trends of medicinal poisoning substances: a population-based cohort study of injuries in 0-11 year old children from 1998-2018.

Evaluating the effect of child home safety training upon three family support practitioner groups: a mixed-methods study (2023)
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Taylor, M. J., Patel, T., Orton, E., Watson, M. C., Hayes, M., Stewart, S., …Kendrick, D. (2023). Evaluating the effect of child home safety training upon three family support practitioner groups: a mixed-methods study. Perspectives in Public Health, https://doi.org/10.1177/17579139231185999

Aims: Unintentional injuries in the home contribute substantially to preschool child morbidity and mortality. Practitioners such as health visitors, family mentors and children’s centre staff are well-positioned to facilitate child injury prevention... Read More about Evaluating the effect of child home safety training upon three family support practitioner groups: a mixed-methods study.

Implementation fidelity of the ‘Stay One Step Ahead’ home safety intervention: a mixed-methods analysis (2023)
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Stewart, S., Kendrick, D., Watson, M. C., Hayes, M., & Orton, E. (2023). Implementation fidelity of the ‘Stay One Step Ahead’ home safety intervention: a mixed-methods analysis. Injury Prevention, 29(4), 340-346. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2023-044855

Objective: To assess implementation fidelity of the Stay One Step Ahead (SOSA), a complex intervention which was delivered by health visiting teams, children's centres, and family mentors and was aimed at preventing unintentional home injuries in chi... Read More about Implementation fidelity of the ‘Stay One Step Ahead’ home safety intervention: a mixed-methods analysis.

Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study (2023)
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Taylor, M. J., Orton, E., Patel, T., Timblin, C., Clarke, R., Watson, M. C., …Kendrick, D. (2023). Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study. Injury Prevention, 29(3), 227-233. https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044745

Objective: Evaluate the effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion for improving child home safety practices. Design: Controlled before-and-after study. Setting: Nine electoral wards in Nottingham, UK. Participants... Read More about Effectiveness of systematically delivered evidence-based home safety promotion to improve child home safety practices: a controlled before-and-after study.

Cost-effectiveness of England's national 'Safe At Home' scheme for reducing hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children aged under 5 (2022)
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Jones, M., Hill, T., Coupland, C., Kendrick, D., Akbari, A., Rodgers, S., …Orton, E. (2022). Cost-effectiveness of England's national 'Safe At Home' scheme for reducing hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children aged under 5. Injury Prevention, https://doi.org/10.1136/ip-2022-044698

Background: Injuries in children aged under 5 years most commonly occur in the home and disproportionately affect those living in the most disadvantaged communities. The 'Safe at Home' (SAH) national home safety equipment scheme, which ran in England... Read More about Cost-effectiveness of England's national 'Safe At Home' scheme for reducing hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children aged under 5.

P04-07 Factors associated with maintenance of physical activity in older adults undertaking a strength and balance programme for falls prevention (2022)
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Blackmore, C., Kendrick, D., & Orton, E. (2022). P04-07 Factors associated with maintenance of physical activity in older adults undertaking a strength and balance programme for falls prevention. European Journal of Public Health, 32(Supplement_2), Article ckac095.061. https://doi.org/10.1093/eurpub/ckac095.061

Abstract Background Falls are a major cause of mortality and morbidity in older adults worldwide, yet those who are more physically active have a lower risk of falling. There is little information on which participants are most likely to complete fal... Read More about P04-07 Factors associated with maintenance of physical activity in older adults undertaking a strength and balance programme for falls prevention.

‘It is designed for everybody to find their own level and to improve themselves’; views of older people and instructors of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme (2022)
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Gumber, L., Timmons, S., Coupland, C., Gladman, J., Lliffe, S., Kendrick, D., …Orton, E. (2022). ‘It is designed for everybody to find their own level and to improve themselves’; views of older people and instructors of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme. Age and Ageing, 51(2), Article afac023. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afac023

Background: Older adults are at increased risk of falls due to ageing, decreased muscle strength and impaired balance. Clinical trials have demonstrated the efficacy and effectiveness of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme in improving fun... Read More about ‘It is designed for everybody to find their own level and to improve themselves’; views of older people and instructors of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme.

Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme: a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity (2021)
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Orton, E., Lafond, N., Skelton, D. A., Coupland, C., Gladman, J. R., Iliffe, S., …Kendrick, D. (2021). Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme: a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity. Public Health, 197, 11-18. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.puhe.2021.05.038

Objectives: Falls in older adults cause significant morbidity and mortality and incur cost to health and care services. The Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme is a 24-week intervention for older adults that, in clinical trials, improves balan... Read More about Implementation fidelity of the Falls Management Exercise Programme: a mixed methods analysis using a conceptual framework for implementation fidelity.

Is proactive frailty identification a good idea? A qualitative interview study (2021)
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Mulla, E., Orton, E., & Kendrick, D. (2021). Is proactive frailty identification a good idea? A qualitative interview study. British Journal of General Practice, 71(709), e604-e613. https://doi.org/10.3399/BJGP.2020.0178

Background In England, GPs are independent contractors working to a national contract. Since 2017, the contract requires GPs to use electronic tools to proactively identify moderate and severe frailty in people aged ≥65 years, and offer interventions... Read More about Is proactive frailty identification a good idea? A qualitative interview study.

Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme ‘Safe At Home’ on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: controlled interrupted time series analysis (2021)
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Hill, T., Coupland, C., Kendrick, D., Jones, M., Akbari, A., Rodgers, S., …Orton, E. (2022). Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme ‘Safe At Home’ on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: controlled interrupted time series analysis. Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, 76(1), 53-59. https://doi.org/10.1136/jech-2021-216613

Background: Unintentional home injuries are a leading cause of preventable death in young children. Safety education and equipment provision improve home safety practices, but their impact on injuries is less clear. Between 2009 and 2011 a national h... Read More about Impact of the national home safety equipment scheme ‘Safe At Home’ on hospital admissions for unintentional injury in children under 5: controlled interrupted time series analysis.

Keeping adults physically active after falls management exercise (FaME) programmes end: Development of a physical activity maintenance intervention (2021)
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Sarah, A., Kendrick, D., Logan, P., & Orton, E. (2021). Keeping adults physically active after falls management exercise (FaME) programmes end: Development of a physical activity maintenance intervention. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 7, Article 108. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-021-00844-w

Background: Falls prevention exercise programmes help to improve muscle strength, balance, physical function and reduce falling rates in older adults. Improvements in muscle strength, balance and physical function are reversed if older adults do not... Read More about Keeping adults physically active after falls management exercise (FaME) programmes end: Development of a physical activity maintenance intervention.

‘Real world’ effectiveness of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme: an implementation study (2021)
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Orton, E., Audsley, S., Coupland, C., Gladman, J. R., Iliffe, S., Lafond, N., …Kendrick, D. (2021). ‘Real world’ effectiveness of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme: an implementation study. Age and Ageing, 50(4), 1290-1297. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/afaa288

Background Falls incidence increases with age alongside declines in strength and balance. Clinical trials show that the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme improves strength and balance, which can reduce falls and improve physical functioning... Read More about ‘Real world’ effectiveness of the Falls Management Exercise (FaME) programme: an implementation study.

Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Fracture: A Comparative Cohort Analysis Using U.K. Primary Care Records (2020)
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Davie, G. S., Pal, K., Orton, E., Tyrrell, E. G., & Petersen, I. (2021). Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Fracture: A Comparative Cohort Analysis Using U.K. Primary Care Records. Diabetes Care, 44(1), 58-66. https://doi.org/10.2337/dc20-1220

Objective: To estimate risk of fracture in men and women with recent diagnosis of type 2 diabetes compared to individuals without diabetes. Research Design and Methods: In this cohort study we used routinely-collected UK primary care data from Th... Read More about Incident Type 2 Diabetes and Risk of Fracture: A Comparative Cohort Analysis Using U.K. Primary Care Records.

Evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the Stay One Step Ahead home safety promotion intervention for pre-school children: a study protocol (2020)
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Orton, E., Watson, M., Hayes, M., Patel, T., Jones, M., Coupland, C., …Kendrick, D. (2020). Evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the Stay One Step Ahead home safety promotion intervention for pre-school children: a study protocol. Injury Prevention, 26(6), 573-580. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2020-043877

Background: Unintentional injuries in children under the age of 5 years commonly occur in the home and disproportionately affect those living in disadvantaged circumstances. Targeted home safety promotion should be offered to families most at risk bu... Read More about Evaluation of the effectiveness, implementation and cost-effectiveness of the Stay One Step Ahead home safety promotion intervention for pre-school children: a study protocol.

GP views on the routine identification of older people living with frailty in primary care (2020)
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Mulla, E., Orton, E., & Kendrick, D. (2020). GP views on the routine identification of older people living with frailty in primary care. British Journal of General Practice, 70(Supplement 1), https://doi.org/10.3399/bjgp20X711437

© British Journal of General Practice 2020. Background: To meet the challenges of an ageing population, the updated 2017/18 NHS GP contract requires primary care providers to use evidence-based frailty identification tools to risk-stratify all patien... Read More about GP views on the routine identification of older people living with frailty in primary care.

A randomised feasibility study assessing an intervention to keep adults physically active after falls management exercise programmes end (2020)
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Audsley, S., Kendrick, D., Logan, P., Jones, M., & Orton, E. (2020). A randomised feasibility study assessing an intervention to keep adults physically active after falls management exercise programmes end. Pilot and Feasibility Studies, 6, Article 37. https://doi.org/10.1186/s40814-020-00570-9

Background: Physical inactivity contributes to disability and falls in older adults. Falls prevention exercise (FaME) programmes improve physical activity, physical function and reduce falling rates. Improvements in physical function reduce, and fall... Read More about A randomised feasibility study assessing an intervention to keep adults physically active after falls management exercise programmes end.

Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care (2020)
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Carroll, F. E., Moure-Fernandez, A., Hollinghurst, S., Downing, H., Young, G., Brookes, S., …Hay, A. D. (2020). Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care. BMJ Open, 10(2), Article e033567. https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjopen-2019-033567

© Author(s) (or their employer(s)) 2020. Re-use permitted under CC BY. Published by BMJ. Objective To estimate the costs and outcomes associated with treating non-asthmatic adults (nor suffering from other lung-disease) presenting to primary care wit... Read More about Economic evaluation of the OSAC randomised controlled trial: Oral corticosteroids for non-asthmatic adults with acute lower respiratory tract infection in primary care.

'Use it or lose it': maintenance of physical activity in older adults: a qualitative study (2019)
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Maula, A., LaFond, N., Orton, E., Iliffe, S., Audsley, S., Vedhara, K., & Kendrick, D. (2019). 'Use it or lose it': maintenance of physical activity in older adults: a qualitative study. BMC Geriatrics, 19, 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1186/s12877-019-1366-x

Understanding pathways to social inequalities in childhood unintentional injuries: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study (2019)
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Campbell, M., Lai, E. T., Pearce, A., Orton, E., Kendrick, D., Wickham, S., & Taylor-Robinson, D. C. (2019). Understanding pathways to social inequalities in childhood unintentional injuries: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study. BMC Pediatrics, 19, https://doi.org/10.1186/s12887-019-1514-7

Background: Childhood unintentional injuries (UI) are common but continue to happen more often to children living in less advantaged socioeconomic circumstances (SEC). Our aim was to explore how early life factors mediate the association between SEC... Read More about Understanding pathways to social inequalities in childhood unintentional injuries: findings from the UK Millennium Cohort Study.

“We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study. (2019)
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Lafond, N., Maula, A., Iliffe, S., Vedhara, K., Audsley, S., Kendrick, D., & Orton, E. (2019). “We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study. Primary Health Care Research and Development, 20, Article e103. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1463423619000379

Aim: To explore the experiences of older adults participating in strength and balance exercise programmes and understand participants’ rationale for programme uptake and completion. Background: Regular physical activity, specifically strength an... Read More about “We got more than we expected.” Older people’s experiences of falls-prevention exercise interventions and implications for practice. A qualitative study..

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