Home environmental assessments and modification delivered by occupational therapists to reduce falls in people aged 65 years and over: the OTIS RCT

Cockayne, Sarah; Pighills, Alison; Adamson, Joy; Fairhurst, Caroline; Crossland, Shelley; Drummond, Avril; Hewitt, Catherine E; Rodgers, Sara; Ronaldson, Sarah J; McCaffery, Jennifer; Whiteside, Katie; Scantlebury, Arabella; Robinson-Smith, Lyn; Cochrane, Ann; Lamb, Sarah E; Boyes, Sophie; Gilbody, Simon; Relton, Clare; Torgerson, David J

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This trial found no evidence that an occupational therapist-delivered home assessment and modification reduced falls in community-dwelling people aged 65 years and over compared with usual care.

Sarah Cockayne , Alison Pighills , Joy Adamson , Caroline Fairhurst , Shelley Crossland , Avril Drummond , Catherine E Hewitt , Sara Rodgers , Sarah J Ronaldson , Jennifer McCaffery , Katie Whiteside , Arabella Scantlebury , Lyn Robinson-Smith , Ann Cochrane , Sarah E Lamb , Sophie Boyes , Simon Gilbody , Clare Relton & David J Torgerson .

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Sarah Cockayne ^1,^*, Alison Pighills ^2,³, Joy Adamson ¹, Caroline Fairhurst ¹, Shelley Crossland ⁴, Avril Drummond ⁵, Catherine E Hewitt ¹, Sara Rodgers ¹, Sarah J Ronaldson ¹, Jennifer McCaffery ¹, Katie Whiteside ¹, Arabella Scantlebury ¹, Lyn Robinson-Smith ¹, Ann Cochrane ¹, Sarah E Lamb ⁶, Sophie Boyes ⁷, Simon Gilbody ¹, Clare Relton ⁸, David J Torgerson ¹

¹ York Trials Unit, Department of Health Sciences, University of York, York, UK
² Mackay Institute of Research and Innovation, Queensland Health, Mackay Base Hospital, Mackay, QLD, Australia
³ Division of Tropical Health and Medicine, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD, Australia
⁴ Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust, Leicester, UK
⁵ School of Health Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, UK
⁶ Institute of Health Research, College of Medicine and Health, University of Exeter, Exeter, UK
⁷ York Teaching Hospital NHS Foundation Trust, York, UK
⁸ Institute of Population Health Sciences, Queen Mary University of London, London, UK
^* Corresponding author Email: sarah.cockayne@york.ac.uk

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