Clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted podiatry intervention for falls prevention in older people: a multicentre cohort randomised controlled trial (the REducing Falls with ORthoses and a Multifaceted podiatry intervention trial)
Cockayne S, Rodgers S, Green L, Fairhurst C, Adamson J, Scantlebury A, Corbacho B, Hewitt C E, Hicks K, Hull R, Keenan A, Lamb S E, McIntosh C, Menz H B, Redmond A, Richardson Z, Vernon W, Watson J & Torgerson D J.
Record ID 32011001111
English
Authors' objectives:
To determine the clinical effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted podiatry intervention for preventing falls in community-dwelling older people at risk of falling, relative to usual care.
Authors' recommendations:
The intervention was safe and potentially effective. Although the primary outcome measure did not reach significance, a lower fall rate was observed in the intervention group. The reduction in the proportion of older adults who experienced a fall was of borderline statistical significance. The economic evaluation suggests that the intervention could be cost-effective.
Details
Project Status:
Completed
Year Published:
2017
URL for published report:
https://www.journalslibrary.nihr.ac.uk/hta/hta21240/#/abstract
English language abstract:
An English language summary is available
Publication Type:
Not Assigned
Country:
England, United Kingdom
MeSH Terms
- Foot
- Foot Deformities
- Orthotic Devices
- Podiatry
- Shoes
- Accidental Falls
Contact
Organisation Name:
NIHR Health Technology Assessment programme
Contact Address:
NIHR Journals Library, National Institute for Health and Care Research, Evaluation, Trials and Studies Coordinating Centre, Alpha House, University of Southampton Science Park, Southampton SO16 7NS, UK
Contact Name:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Contact Email:
journals.library@nihr.ac.uk
Copyright:
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