@article{ref1,
title="Safe at home: a quasi-experimental evaluation of a municipal intervention to prevent falls among low-income elderly",
journal="Journal of health care for the poor and underserved",
year="2020",
author="Sokas, Rosemary K. and Crowell, Nancy A.",
volume="31",
number="4",
pages="1648-1655",
abstract="INTRODUCTION: Falls are the leading cause of fatal traumatic injury among people over 65 and the rate continues to increase. We evaluated a recently implemented  municipal program providing no-cost baseline and follow-up home assessment and home  modifications to reduce fall hazards among low-income elderly or disabled residents. <br><br>METHODS: Program participants received writ ten invitations to return informed  consent for phone interviews that included process and outcome evaluation. Data  analysis used repeat measures ANOVA and non parametric Wilcoxon signed rank tests. <br><br>RESULTS: During its first year, the program served 230 elderly or disabled  low-income residents. Among 51 participants interviewed an average of 281 days after  home modification, fear of falling was reduced, and annualized rate of falls  decreased from an average of 0.92 (SD = 1.6) per person per year to 0.24 (SD =.74)  (p<.001). <br><br>CONCLUSION: Home assessments and modest infrastructure improvements  significantly reduced falls in a non-research, municipal setting.<p /> <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1049-2089",
doi="10.1353/hpu.2020.0124",
url="http://dx.doi.org/10.1353/hpu.2020.0124"
}