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ReviewJournal of multidisciplinary healthcare2025

Evidence Based Strategies for Preventing Falls in Community-Dwelling Older Adults.

Xiang An, YuanXin Pan, ChenHong He, Yi Liang

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Review in Journal of multidisciplinary healthcare, 2025. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

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3 · Its place in the literature

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3 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

Xiang AnDepartment of Medicine, Zhongshan People's Hospital, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.ORCID 0009-0005-9256-0009
YuanXin PanDepartment of Medicine, Zhongshan People's Hospital, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
ChenHong HeDepartment of Medicine, Zhongshan People's Hospital, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.
Yi LiangDepartment of Medicine, Zhongshan People's Hospital, Zhongshan City, Guangdong Province, People's Republic of China.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Objective: To evaluate and summarize the best evidence for fall prevention measures in community-dwelling elderly individuals. Methods: A systematic search was conducted in databases including UpToDate, BMJ Best Practice, the Joanna Briggs Institute (JBI) Evidence-Based Healthcare Center, National Guidelines Clearinghouse, China Medical Guidelines Network, NICE, Scottish Intercollegiate Guidelines Network, and the Ontario Nurses' Association website. Additional searches were performed in the Cochrane Library, CINAHL, PubMed, Embase, China National Knowledge Infrastructure (CNKI), Wanfang, and VIP databases for clinical decisions, guidelines, evidence summaries, systematic reviews, and expert consensus related to fall prevention in community-dwelling elderly individuals. The methodological quality of included literature was assessed, and evidence was extracted and synthesized based on key themes. Results: A total of 3 guidelines, 1 expert consensus, and 12 systematic reviews were included. Twenty-six pieces of evidence were summarized across 8 areas: fall risk screening, fall risk assessment, exercise interventions, medication management, environmental safety, health education, psychological interventions, and multifactorial interventions. Conclusion: The best evidence for fall prevention in community-dwelling elderly individuals was summarized, providing an evidence-based foundation for community healthcare providers to implement fall prevention measures.

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communityevidence-based nursingfallsolder adultsprevention

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PMID40693167
PMCPMC12277083

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