Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.

Cynthia Swarnalatha^1,2, Lianne Wood¹, Paul Newell¹, Christopher E Clark³, Olubusola Adedire^4,5, Lindy Clemson⁶, Catherine Sherrington⁷, Sarah E Lamb¹

¹Public Health and Sport Sciences, Faculty of Health and Life Sciences, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK.

²Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology and Musculoskeletal Sciences (NDORMS), University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.

³Primary Care Research Group, University of Exeter Medical School, Exeter, UK.

⁴Biomedical Engineering, Oxehealth, Oxford, UK.

⁵University of Liverpool, Liverpool, UK.

⁶Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, Australia.

⁷Institute for Musculoskeletal Health, School of Public Health, Faculty of Medicine and Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, Australia.

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Abstract

RATIONALE: Multifactorial fall prevention interventions are those where intervention components are tailored to each person's individual fall risk factor profile. Multiple component interventions provide the same components to everyone. The evidence on the effects of these interventions is inconclusive. This review updates one published on the Cochrane Library in 2018. OBJECTIVES: To assess the e…

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