title: Adherence to recommendations for fall prevention significantly affects the risk of falling after hip fracture: post-hoc analyses of a quasi-randomized controlled trial.
abstract: BACKGROUND
  Few studies focused on fall prevention in hip-fracture survivors.
  
  
  OBJECTIVE
  To investigate the role of adherence to targeted recommendations on both home environment and behaviors in affecting the hazard of falling after a fall-related hip fracture.
  
  
  METHODS
  Post-hoc analysis of a quasi-randomized controlled trial.
  
  
  METHODS
  Post-acute rehabilitation hospital.
  
  
  METHODS
  Ninety-five of 119 women living in the community with a fall-related fracture of the hip.
  
  
  METHODS
  We assessed home hazard of falling and suggested targeted modifications of home environment and behaviors in activities of daily living to prevent falls during inpatient rehabilitation. Falls were recorded at a six-month follow-up during a pre-planned home visit.
  
  
  RESULTS
  Nineteen of the 95 women sustained at least one fall during the six-month follow-up. Women with > 2 uncorrected risk factors had a significantly higher risk of falling than those with 0-2 risk factors; the odds ratio adjusted for four confounders was 4.58 (95%CI 1.472-4.250; P=0.009). Adherence to recommendations for fall prevention was negatively associated with fall risk. The adjusted odds ratio for a ten percent increase in adherence rate was 0.749 (95%CI 0.594-0.945; P=0.015).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Uncorrected environmental and behavioral risk factors and poor adherence to targeted recommendations for fall prevention significantly predicted the risk of falling in community-dwelling women who sustained a fall-related hip fracture.
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  Fall-risk assessment should be performed during inpatient rehabilitation following a fall-related hip fracture. Improving adherence to targeted recommendations emerges as a major goal to prevent falls in hip-fracture survivors.
authors.affiliation: Osteoporosis Research Center, Presidio Sanitario San Camillo, Turin, Italy. medici@h-sancamillo.to.it
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Di Monaco
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Vallero
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: De Toma
authors.forename: C
authors.initials: C
authors.lastname: Castiglioni
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Gardin
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Giordano
authors.forename: R
authors.initials: R
authors.lastname: Tappero
mesh_terms: D000058:Accidental Falls / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000061:Accidents, Home / Q000517:prevention & control* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D005500:Follow-Up Studies; D019983:Guideline Adherence / Q000706:statistics & numerical data*; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000534:rehabilitation*; D006801:Humans; D008875:Middle Aged; D009788:Occupational Therapy / Q000592:standards*; D016017:Odds Ratio; D016032:Randomized Controlled Trials as Topic; D012047:Rehabilitation Centers; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D018570:Risk Assessment / Q000379:methods*; D012307:Risk Factors; D013997:Time Factors