@article{ref1,
title="Home-delivered meals and risk of self-reported falls: results from a randomized trial",
journal="Journal of applied gerontology",
year="2016",
author="Thomas, Kali S. and Parikh, Ravi B. and Zullo, Andrew R. and Dosa, David",
volume="ePub",
number="ePub",
pages="ePub-ePub",
abstract="The purpose of this study was to evaluate whether home-delivered meals, and the frequency of delivery, reduces self-reported falls among homebound older adults. Data come from a randomized parallel three-arm study of 371 older adults on seven Meals on Wheels programs' waiting lists. Participants were randomly assigned to receive (a) daily meal delivery (n = 139); (b) once weekly, frozen meal delivery (n = 106); or (c) control, remain on the waiting list for meals (n = 126). Participants were surveyed at baseline and 15 weeks post randomization. At follow-up, 36 (28.6%) in the control group, 29 (27.4%) receiving once weekly delivered meals, and 33 (23.7%) receiving daily delivered meals reported a fall (compared with control, daily meal risk ratio [RR] = 0.83, 95% confidence limits [CL] = [0.55, 1.25]; frozen meal RR = 0.96, 95%CL = [0.63, 1.45]). Our study suggests that daily delivered meals may reduce the risk of falls. Additional work is needed to understand the effect of meals on falls, particularly among previous fallers, a high-risk subgroup.<br><br>© The Author(s) 2016.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="0733-4648",
doi="10.1177/0733464816675421",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1177/0733464816675421"
}