Evidence map›Paper›PMID 11039974›Full record

GuidelineBMJ (Clinical research ed.)2000

Guidelines for the prevention of falls in people over 65. The Guidelines' Development Group.

G Feder, C Cryer, S Donovan, Y Carter

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Guideline in BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 2000. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 54 papers, 6 of them syntheses that pooled it.

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54citing papers in PubMed, 6 pooled it
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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

54 citing papers in PubMed, 6 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Identification of risk factors for falls in postmenopausal women: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2020
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  9. A randomized controlled trial of a community-based consultation service to prevent falls.CMAJ : Canadian Medical Association journal = journal de l'Association medicale canadienne · 2001
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  11. Effectiveness of exercise prescription variables to reduce fall risk among older adults: a meta-analysis.European review of aging and physical activity : official journal of the European Group for Research into Elderly and Physical Activity · 2025
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  13. Prevalence and risk factors for falls among older Chinese adults in the community: findings from the CLHLS study.Brazilian journal of medical and biological research = Revista brasileira de pesquisas medicas e biologica · 2024
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

4 authors.

G FederDepartment of General Practice and Primary Care, St Bartholomew's and Royal London Medical School, Queen Mary and Westfield College, London E1 4NS. g.s.federa@mds.qmw.ac.uk
C Cryer
S Donovan
Y Carter

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

PubMed holds no abstract for this paper.

Indexed as

Accidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overExerciseFractures, BoneHouse CallsHumansMeta-Analysis as TopicPilot ProjectsProtective ClothingRisk Assessment

Identifiers

PMID11039974
PMCPMC1118778

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