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Preventing falls among older people with mental health problems: A systematic review



Findings
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  • Supporting technical documents that are health systems-relevant
    Not usually available for this document type
  • Full-text report
  • Scientific Abstract
  • Scientific Abstract
Recency, quality and context of the findings
  • Last year literature searched
    2013
  • Year Published
    2014
  • Quality Rating
    10/10 (AMSTAR rating from McMaster Health Forum)
  • Countries in which studies (included in the synthesis) were conducted
    Australia (5); USA (5); Germany (2); Japan (2); Netherlands (2); Sweden (2); Belgium (1); Canada (1); Finland (1); UK (England) (1)
  • Global/regional focus
    Not yet available
  • Country focus
    Australia (5); USA (5); Germany (2); Japan (2); Netherlands (2); Sweden (2); Belgium (1); Canada (1); Finland (1); UK (England) (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
    Health system
  • Priority Area
    Not applicable
  • Health system topic(s)
    Delivery arrangements
    By whom care is provided
    Staff - Training
    With what supports is care provided
    Safety monitoring and improvement systems
    Implementation strategies
    Consumer-targeted strategy
    (Personal) Support
    Provider-targeted strategy
    Educational material
    Multi-faceted intervention
    Organization-targeted strategy
  • Theme
    Optimal aging
    Health promotion/primary prevention
  • Domain
    Diseases
    Non-communicable diseases
    Alzheimer and other dementias
    Other
    Accidents
    Mental health and addictions
    Sectors
    Home care
    Hospital care
    Rehabilitation
    Long-term care
    Providers
    Nurse
    Allied health professional
Publication details
  • Citation
    Bunn F, Dickinson A, Simpson C, Narayanan V, Humphrey D, Griffiths C, et al. Preventing falls among older people with mental health problems: A systematic review. BMC Nursing. 2014;13(1):4.
  • DOI
    10.1186/1472-6955-13-4

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