@article{ref1,
title="Effects of a one-year home-based case management intervention on falls in older people: A randomized controlled trial",
journal="Journal of aging and physical activity",
year="2013",
author="Olsson Möller, Ulrika and Kristensson, Jimmie and Midlöv, Patrik and Ekdahl, Charlotte and Jakobsson, Ulf",
volume="22",
number="4",
pages="457-464",
abstract="OBJECTIVES: To investigate the effects of a home-based one-year case management intervention in older people with functional dependency and repeated contact with the healthcare services on self-reported falls and self-reported injurious fall. METHODS: The study was a randomized controlled trial with repeated follow-ups. The sample (n=153) were consecutively and randomly assigned to intervention group (n=80, mean age 81.4) or control group (n=73, mean age 81.6). The intervention group received a case management intervention which comprised monthly home-visits during 12 months by nurses and physiotherapists employing a multifactorial preventive approach. RESULTS: In the intervention group 96 falls occurred during the intervention period compared with 85 falls in the control group (p=0.900). There were 40 and 38 injurious falls (p=0.669) in the intervention and control groups, respectively. CONCLUSIONS: This home-based case management intervention was not able to prevent falls or injurious falls.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1063-8652",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}