Trial reportBMJ open2014
The REFORM study protocol: a cohort randomised controlled trial of a multifaceted podiatry intervention for the prevention of falls in older people.
Trial report in BMJ open, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 12 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.
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12 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it, 26 citations in OpenAlex.
- Multifactorial and multiple component interventions for preventing falls in older people living in the community.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2018Pooled it
- PROState Pathway Embedded Comparative Trial: The IP3-PROSPECT study.Contemporary clinical trials · 2021Trial
- Home environmental assessments and modification delivered by occupational therapists to reduce falls in people aged 65 years and over: the OTIS RCT.Health technology assessment (Winchester, England) · 2021Trial
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- The cohort multiple randomized controlled trial design was found to be highly susceptible to low statistical power and internal validity biases.Journal of clinical epidemiology · 2018Article
- Ethics and practice of Trials within Cohorts: An emerging pragmatic trial design.Clinical trials (London, England) · 2018Article
- F3ALLS Approach to Preventing Falls.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2018Article
- Editorial: Frailty, Comorbidity, and COPD.The journal of nutrition, health & aging · 2018Article
- Quality of Life Impact Related to Foot Health in a Sample of Older People with Hallux Valgus.Aging and disease · 2016Article
- Cohort multiple randomized controlled trial in pediatric asthma to assess the long- and short-term effects of eHealth interventions: protocol of the CIRCUS study.Therapeutic advances in respiratory diseaseArticle
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18 authors at 9 institutions in 3 countries.
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Abstract
introductionFalls and fall-related injuries are a serious cause of morbidity and cost to society. Foot problems and inappropriate footwear may increase the risk of falls; therefore podiatric interventions may play a role in reducing falls. Two Cochrane systematic reviews identified only one study of a podiatry intervention aimed to reduce falls, which was undertaken in Australia. The REFORM trial aims to evaluate the clinical and cost-effectiveness of a multifaceted podiatry intervention in reducing falls in people aged 65 years and over in a UK and Irish setting. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: This multicentre, cohort randomised controlled trial will recruit 2600 participants from routine podiatry clinics in the UK and Ireland to the REFORM cohort. In order to detect a 10% point reduction in falls from 50% to 40%, with 80% power 890 participants will be randomised to receive routine podiatry care and a falls prevention leaflet or routine podiatry care, a falls prevention leaflet and a multifaceted podiatry intervention. The primary outcome is rate of falls (falls/person/time) over 12 months assessed by patient self-report falls diary. Secondary self-report outcome measures include: the proportion of single and multiple fallers and time to first fall over a 12-month period; Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International; fear of falling in the past 4 weeks; Frenchay Activities Index; fracture rate; Geriatric Depression Scale; EuroQoL-five dimensional scale 3-L; health service utilisation at 6 and 12 months. A qualitative study will examine the acceptability of the package of care to participants and podiatrists. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: The trial has received a favourable opinion from the East of England-Cambridge East Research Ethics Committee and Galway Research Ethics Committee. The trial results will be published in peer-reviewed journals and at conference presentations. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Current Controlled Trials ISRCTN68240461 assigned 01/07/2011.
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