A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries.

Shalender Bhasin; Thomas M Gill; David B. Reuben; Nancy K Latham; David A. Ganz; Erich J Greene; James D. Dziura; Shehzad Basaria; Jerry H. Gurwitz; Patricia C. Dykes; Siobhan McMahon; Thomas W Storer; Priscilla Gazarian; Michael E Miller; Thomas G Travison; Denise Esserman; Martha B Carnie; Lori Goehring; Maureen Fagan; Susan L Greenspan; Neil Alexander; Jocelyn Wiggins; Fred Ko; Albert L Siu; Elena Volpi; Albert W. Wu; Jeremy Rich; Stephen C Waring; Robert B Wallace; Carri Casteel; Neil M Resnick; Jay Magaziner; Peter Charpentier; Charles Lu; Katy L B Araujo; Haseena Rajeevan; Can Meng; Heather Allore; Brooke F Brawley; Rich Eder; Joanne M McGloin; Eleni A Skokos; Pamela W Duncan; Dorothy Baker; Chad Boult; Rosaly Correa-de-Araujo; Peter Peduzzi

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A randomized trial of a multifactorial strategy to prevent serious fall injuries.

July 29, 2020

Bhasin S, Gill TM, Reuben DB, et al. N Engl J Med. 2020;383(2):129-140.

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This study randomized primary care practices across ten health care systems to evaluate the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention to prevent falls with injury, which included risk assessment and individualized plans administered by specially trained nurses. The intervention did not result in a significantly lower rate of serious fall injury compared to usual care.

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