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PreFIT Study Group and PreFIT Intervention (MFFP) Group (Including: Bruce, J. (Julie) and Lamb, Sallie E.). (2013) Prevention of Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT) : multifactorial fall prevention manual [version 12]. Coventry, United Kingdom: Clinical Trials Units, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick.
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Abstract
This is the multifactorial falls prevention (MFFP) manual for the Prevention of Fall Injury Trial (PreFIT). This manual has been written and designed for health professionals involved in the delivery of falls prevention services to older persons participating in the PreFIT study. Some healthcare professionals will have considerable experience of working in falls services prevention and will be very familiar with the rationale for falls prevention, assessment procedures, definitions and recommended treatment pathways. However, not all those working from this manual will have the same level of background training and experience therefore the manual has been developed to account for differing levels of skill, training and clinical expertise.
The aims of this MFFP manual are:
To provide the scientific research evidence about the components within MFFP programmes and to describe the model selected for use in the Pre-FIT study;
To explain the rationale for the chosen study design;
To describe procedures for the assessment and treatment of trial participants who have been referred to MFFP services;
To describe trial documentation and adverse event reporting procedures.
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| Alternative Title: | PreFIT : Prevention of Fall Injury Trial | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Divisions: | Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Clinical Trials Unit Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School > Health Sciences Faculty of Science, Engineering and Medicine > Medicine > Warwick Medical School |
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| Publisher: | Clinical Trials Units, Warwick Medical School, University of Warwick | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Place of Publication: | Coventry, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Official Date: | April 2013 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Number of Pages: | 115 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Status: | Not Peer Reviewed | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Publication Status: | Published | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Description: | Prevention of Fall Injury Trial (Pre-FIT) (ISRCTN 71002650). |
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| Date of first compliant deposit: | 6 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Date of first compliant Open Access: | 6 March 2017 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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