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Multi‐component intervention vs usual care or attention control

Falls · Older people living in the community

Multiple component interventions probably leads to lower rate of falls (falls per person years) compared with usual care or attention control (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.74 [0.6, 0.91]
6 studies · 1085 participants
Moderate

Multi‐component intervention vs exercise

Falls · Older people living in the community

Multiple component interventions showed no clear difference in rate of falls (falls per person years) compared with exercise (low certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community 2018 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.92 [0.77, 1.1]
1 study · 191 participants
Low

Summary of findings: multiple categories of exercise vs control (e.g. usual activities)

Falls · Older people living in the community (trials focusing on people recently discharged from hospital were not included)

Summary of findings: multiple categories of exercise probably leads to lower rate of falls (falls per person‐years) compared with control (e.g. usual activities) (moderate certainty).

1 finding from 1 review

Exercise for preventing falls in older people living in the community 2019 · Cochrane Headline outcomes only
Rate ratio 0.66 [0.5, 0.88]
11 studies · 1374 participants
Moderate