The STRIDE (Strategies to Increase confidence, InDependence and Energy) study: cognitive behavioural therapy-based intervention to reduce fear of falling in older fallers living in the community - study protocol for a randomised controlled trial - Parry SW, Deary V, Finch T, Bamford C, Sabin N, McMeekin P, O Brien J, Caldwell A, Steen N, Whitney SL, Macdonald C, McColl E.

BACKGROUND: Around 30% to 62% of older individuals fall each year, with adverse consequences of falls being by no means limited to physical injury and escalating levels of dependence. Many older individuals suffer from a variety of adverse psychosocial dif...
Source: SafetyLit: All (Unduplicated) - Category: Global & Universal Tags: Age: Elder Adults Source Type: news