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- Title
Health Promotion Board-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community.
- Authors
Shyamala, Thilagaratnam; Fun Wong, Sweet; Andiappan, Akila; Kah Guan Au Eong; Birla Bakshi, Anu; Boey, Debbie; Tsung Wei Chong; Hui Ping Eng; Ismail, Noor Hafizah; Tang Ching Lau; Wei-Yen Lim; Hsin Wei Wendy Lim; Seong, Lydia; Wei Chin Wong; Kai Zhen Yap; Yudah, Sri
- 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.
- Subjects
SINGAPORE; HEALTH promotion; ACCIDENTAL fall prevention; GENERAL practitioners; GUIDELINES; QUESTIONNAIRES; OLDER people
- Publication
Singapore Medical Journal, 2015, Vol 56, Issue 5, p298
- ISSN
0037-5675
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.11622/smedj.2015073