Multifactorial day hospital intervention to reduce falls in high risk older people in primary care: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN46584556]

Masud, Tahir; Coupland, Carol; Drummond, Avril E.R.; Gladman, John R.F.; Kendrick, Denise; Sach, Tracey; Harwood, Rowan H.; Kumar, Pradeep; Morris, Rob; Taylor, Rachael; Youde, Jane; Conroy, Simon

doi:10.1186/1745-6215-7-5

Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy (2014)
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Prasad, V., Kendrick, D., Sayal, K., Thomas, S. L., & West, J. (in press). Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy. Pediatrics, 133(5), https://doi.org/10.1542/peds.2013-2554

OBJECTIVE: To investigate whether children and young adults with epilepsy are at a greater risk of fracture, thermal injury, or poisoning than those without. METHODS: A cohort study was conducted by using the Clinical Practice Research Datalink (198... Read More about Injury among children and young adults with epilepsy.

Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups (2014)
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das Nair, R., Skellington Orr, K., Vedhara, K., & Kendrick, D. (2014). Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups. Trials, 15(1), Article 98. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-15-98

Background Recruiting to randomized controlled trials is fraught with challenges; with less than one third recruiting to their original target. In preparation for a trial evaluating the effectiveness of a blood test to screen for lung cancer (the... Read More about Exploring recruitment barriers and facilitators in early cancer detection trials: the use of pre-trial focus groups.

Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a series of case-control studies (2014)
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Watson, M. C., Benford, P., Coupland, C., Clacy, R., Hindmarch, P., Majsak-Newman, G., …Kendrick, D. (2014). Validation of a home safety questionnaire used in a series of case-control studies. Injury Prevention, 20(5), 336-342. https://doi.org/10.1136/injuryprev-2013-041006

Risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in young children: multicenter case-control study (2014)
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Kendrick, D., Maula, A., & Reading, R. (2015). Risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in young children: multicenter case-control study. JAMA Pediatrics, 169(2), 145-153. https://doi.org/10.1001/jamapediatrics.2014.2374

Importance: Falls from furniture are common in young children but there is little evidence on protective factors for these falls. Objective: To estimate associations for risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in children aged 0 to 4... Read More about Risk and protective factors for falls from furniture in young children: multicenter case-control study.

National survey of the injury prevention activities of children's centres (2014)
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Watson, M., Mulvaney, C. A., Kendrick, D., Stewart, J., Coupland, C., Hayes, M., & Wynn, P. (2014). National survey of the injury prevention activities of children's centres. Health and Social Care in the Community, 22(1), https://doi.org/10.1111/hsc.12059

Children's centres were established across England to provide a range of services including early education, social care and health to pre-school children and their families. We surveyed children's centres to ascertain the activities they were undert... Read More about National survey of the injury prevention activities of children's centres.

The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: a cluster randomised controlled trial (2014)
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Mytton, J., Ingram, J., Mulvaney, C., Manns, S., Stevens, T., Blair, P., …Stewart-Brown, S. (2014). The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: a cluster randomised controlled trial. Health Technology Assessment, 18(3), https://doi.org/10.3310/hta18030

Background: Unintentional injury is the leading cause of preventable death of children over the age of 1 year in the UK and a major cause of attendance at emergency departments. Children having one injury are at increased risk of further injuries. Pa... Read More about The feasibility of using a parenting programme for the prevention of unintentional home injuries in the under-fives: a cluster randomised controlled trial.

REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial (2013)
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Sahota, O., Drummond, A., Kendrick, D., Grainge, M. J., Vass, C., Sach, T., …Avis, M. (2014). REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial. Age and Ageing, 43(2), 247-253. https://doi.org/10.1093/ageing/aft155

Background: falls in hospitals are a major problem and contribute to substantial healthcare burden. Advances in sensor technology afford innovative approaches to reducing falls in acute hospital care. However, whether these are clinically effective a... Read More about REFINE (REducing Falls in In-patieNt Elderly) using bed and bedside chair pressure sensors linked to radio-pagers in acute hospital care: a randomised controlled trial.

Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data (2012)
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Orton, E., Kendrick, D., West, J., & Tata, L. J. (2012). Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data. PLoS ONE, 7(4), Article e35193. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0035193

Background: Injuries in childhood are largely preventable yet an estimated 2,400 children die every day because of injury and violence. Despite this, the factors that contribute to injury occurrence have not been quantified at the population scale us... Read More about Independent risk factors for injury in pre-school children: three population-based nested case-control studies using routine primary care data.

REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly): a randomised controlled trial (2009)
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Vass, C. D., Sahota, O., Drummond, A., Kendrick, D., Gladman, J., Sach, T., …Grainge, M. (2009). REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly): a randomised controlled trial. Trials, 10, Article 83. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-10-83

Background: Falls in hospitals are common, resulting in injury and anxiety to patients, and large costs to NHS organisations. More than half of all in-patient falls in elderly people in acute care settings occur at the bedside, during transfers or wh... Read More about REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly): a randomised controlled trial.

Multifactorial day hospital intervention to reduce falls in high risk older people in primary care: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN46584556] (2006)
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Masud, T., Coupland, C., Drummond, A. E., Gladman, J. R., Kendrick, D., Sach, T., …Conroy, S. (2006). Multifactorial day hospital intervention to reduce falls in high risk older people in primary care: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN46584556]. Trials, 7(1), Article 10. https://doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-7-5

Falls in older people are a major public health concern in terms of morbidity, mortality and cost. Previous studies suggest that multifactorial interventions can reduce falls, and many geriatric day hospitals are now offering falls intervention progr... Read More about Multifactorial day hospital intervention to reduce falls in high risk older people in primary care: a multi-centre randomised controlled trial [ISRCTN46584556].

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