Databases searched (inception through November 2015, Medline update January 2018) | MEDLINE, CENTRAL, Health Management Information Consortium, EMBASE, CINAHL, Web of Science, Allied and Complementary Medicine Database, Physiotherapy Evidence Database (PEDro), Clinicaltrials.gov, ISRCTN registry |
Search facets and limits* | Facets: dementia, falls and fall-related injuries, and interventions Limits: English language and RCT filters [47] applied when possible |
Inclusion criteria | Design: RCT or quasi-experimental Population: PWD living in the community having sustained a fall, with or without injury Intervention: any type of intervention directed at people with dementia who have fallen including multifactorial assessment or intervention Comparisons: usual care Outcomes: measures of performance-oriented assessment of mobility, ADLs, length of hospital stay, place of discharge, recurrent fall or injury, and hospital readmission |
Exclusion criteria | Studies not published in English Cognitively intact patient populations or sub-analysis for PWD not done PWD living in care homes only |