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Translating falls prevention knowledge to community-dwelling older PLWD: A mixed-method systematic review

Findings
  • Evidence Summary
    Evidence Summary
  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Scientific Abstract
    PubMed
  • Scientific Abstract
    Publisher
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2012
  • Year Published
    2013
  • Quality Rating
    7/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    USA (4); Australia (3); UK (England) (2); Netherlands (1); UK (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    USA (4); Australia (3); UK (England) (2); Netherlands (1); UK (1)
  • Low - and middle-income country (LMIC) focus
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Additional details about the research
  • Type of document
    Systematic review of effects
  • Type of question
    Effectiveness
  • Focus
    Specific
  • Target
    Individual
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Implementation strategies
    Consumer-targeted strategy
    Information or education provision
    Skills and competencies development
    (Personal) Support
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
  • Domain
    Diseases
    Non-communicable diseases
    Alzheimer and other dementias
    Other
    Accidents
    Sectors
    Home care
    Providers
    Caregivers
Publication details
  • Citation
    Meyer C, Hill S, Dow B, Synnot A, Hill K. Translating falls prevention knowledge to community-dwelling older PLWD: A mixed-method systematic review. The Gerontologist. 2013.
  • DOI
    10.1093/geront/gnt127

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