Health Promotion Board-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community
Singapore medical journal
;
: 298-quiz 301, 2015.
Article
in English
| WPRIM
| ID: wpr-337151
ABSTRACT
The Health Promotion Board (HPB) has developed the Clinical Practice Guidelines (CPG) on Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community to provide health professionals in Singapore with recommendations for evidence-based assessments and interventions for falls prevention. This article reproduces the introduction and executive summary of the key recommendations from the HPB-MOH CPG on Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community for the information of SMJ readers. The chapters and page numbers mentioned in the reproduced extract refer to the full text of the guidelines, which are available from the Health Promotion Board website http//www.hpb.gov. sg/cpg-falls-prevention. The recommendations should be used with reference to the full text of the guidelines. Following this article are multiple choice questions based on the full text of the guidelines.
Full text:
Available
Index:
WPRIM (Western Pacific)
Main subject:
Reference Standards
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Singapore
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Social Class
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Accidental Falls
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Incidence
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Practice Guidelines as Topic
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Risk Assessment
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Evidence-Based Medicine
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Environment
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Geriatrics
Type of study:
Etiology study
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Practice guideline
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Incidence study
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Prognostic study
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Risk factors
Limits:
Aged
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Humans
Country/Region as subject:
Asia
Language:
English
Journal:
Singapore medical journal
Year:
2015
Type:
Article
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