Background Approximately 30% of people over 65 years of age living in the community fall
each year. This is an update of a Cochrane review first published in 2009. Objectives To …

Background falls and fall-related injuries are common in older adults, have negative effects
on functional independence and quality of life and are associated with increased morbidity …

Background Approximately 30 per cent of people over 65 years of age and living in the
community fall each year; the number is higher in institutions. Although less than one fall in …

Without a complete published description of interventions, clinicians and patients cannot
reliably implement interventions that are shown to be useful, and other researchers cannot …

The prevention of injury associated with falls in older people is a public health target in many
countries around the world. Although there is good evidence that interventions such as …

Background At least one‐third of community‐dwelling people over 65 years of age fall each
year. Exercises that target balance, gait and muscle strength have been found to prevent …

Background Patients with the acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS) require
mechanical ventilation to maintain arterial oxygenation, but this treatment may produce …

The objectives were to identify fall‐related psychological outcome measures and to
undertake a systematic quality assessment of their key measurement properties. A …

Importance Mediation analyses of randomized trials and observational studies can generate
evidence about the mechanisms by which interventions and exposures may influence health …

Objective: to review systematically the range of case definitions and methods used to
measure falls in randomised controlled trials. Design/methods: a Cochrane review of fall …