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Reporting of complex interventions in clinical trials : development of a taxonomy to classify and describe fall-prevention interventions
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Lamb, S. E. (Sallie E.), Becker, Clemens, Gillespie, Lesley D., Smith, Jessica L., Finnegan, Susanne, Potter, Rachel and Pfeiffer, Klaus (2011) Reporting of complex interventions in clinical trials : development of a taxonomy to classify and describe fall-prevention interventions. Trials, Vol.12 (No.125). doi:10.1186/1745-6215-12-125 ISSN 1745-6215.
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Official URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1745-6215-12-125
Abstract
Background: Interventions for preventing falls in older people often involve several components, multidisciplinary
teams, and implementation in a variety of settings. We have developed a classification system (taxonomy) to
describe interventions used to prevent falls in older people, with the aim of improving the design and reporting of clinical trials of fall-prevention interventions, and synthesis of evidence from these trials.
Methods: Thirty three international experts in falls prevention and health services research participated in a series of meetings to develop consensus. Robust techniques were used including literature reviews, expert presentations, and structured consensus workshops moderated by experienced facilitators. The taxonomy was refined using an international test panel of five health care practitioners. We assessed the chance corrected agreement of the final version by comparing taxonomy completion for 10 randomly selected published papers describing a variety of fall prevention interventions.
Results: The taxonomy consists of four domains, summarized as the “Approach”, “Base”, “Components” and “Descriptors” of an intervention. Sub-domains include; where participants are identified; the theoretical approach of the intervention; clinical targeting criteria; details on assessments; descriptions of the nature and intensity of interventions. Chance corrected agreement of the final version of the taxonomy was good to excellent for all items. Further independent evaluation of the taxonomy is required.
Conclusions: The taxonomy is a useful instrument for characterizing a broad range of interventions used in falls
prevention. Investigators are encouraged to use the taxonomy to report their interventions.
Item Type: | Journal Article | ||||
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Subjects: | R Medicine > R Medicine (General) | ||||
Divisions: | 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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Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): | Falls (Accidents) in old age -- Prevention -- Classification | ||||
Journal or Publication Title: | Trials | ||||
Publisher: | BioMed Central Ltd. | ||||
ISSN: | 1745-6215 | ||||
Official Date: | 17 May 2011 | ||||
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Volume: | Vol.12 | ||||
Number: | No.125 | ||||
DOI: | 10.1186/1745-6215-12-125 | ||||
Status: | Peer Reviewed | ||||
Publication Status: | Published | ||||
Access rights to Published version: | Open Access (Creative Commons) | ||||
Date of first compliant deposit: | 16 December 2015 | ||||
Date of first compliant Open Access: | 16 December 2015 | ||||
Funder: | European Commission (EC) | ||||
Grant number: | QLRT-2001-02705 (EC) |
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