Fall-related health service use in Stepping On programme participants and matched controls: a non-randomised observational trial within the 45 and Up Study.

Serene Sulyn PaulSaman Khalatbari-SoltaniXenia Dolja-GoreLindy ClemsonStephen R LordLara A HarveyAnne TiedemannJacqueline C T CloseCathie Sherrington

Published in: Age and ageing (2023)

Stepping On appeared to mitigate participants' rising fall-related health service use. Best practice methods were used to maximise this study's validity, but cautious interpretation of results is required given its non-randomised nature.

Keyphrases

clinical trial
study protocol
open label
healthcare
primary care
randomized controlled trial
double blind
phase ii
cross sectional