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Falls prevention education for older adults during and after hospitalization: A systematic review and meta-analysis

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  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
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  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
  • User-friendly summary
    Database of Review of Effects
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2012
  • Year Published
    2013
  • Quality Rating
    7/11
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Australia (11); United Kingdom (5); United States (3); Canada (2); Ghana (2); Singapore (1); Hong Kong (1); Viet Nam (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
    Not applicable
Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Evidence syntheses of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Implementation strategies
    Consumer-targeted strategy
    Information or education provision
    Behaviour change support
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
  • Domain
    Diseases
    Other
    Accidents/injuries
    Sectors
    Primary care
    Specialty care
    Providers
    Physicians
Publication details
  • Citation
    Lee DC, Pritchard E, McDermott F, Haines TP. Falls prevention education for older adults during and after hospitalization: A systematic review and meta-analysis. Health Education Journal. 2013:1-15.
  • DOI
    10.1177/0017896913499266

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