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Shyamala T, Wong SF, Andiappan A, Au Eong KG, Bakshi AB, Boey D, Chong TW, Eng HP, Ismail NH, Lau TC, Lim WY, Lim HWW, Seong L, Wong WC, Yap KZ, Yudah S. Health Promotion Board-Ministry of Health Clinical Practice Guidelines: Falls Prevention among Older Adults Living in the Community. Singapore Med J 2016; 56:298-300; quiz 301. [PMID: 26034320 DOI: 10.11622/smedj.2015073] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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.
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Affiliation(s)
- Thilagaratnam Shyamala
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Akila Andiappan
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Kah Guan Au Eong
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Anu Birla Bakshi
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Debbie Boey
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Tsung Wei Chong
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Hui Ping Eng
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Noor Hafizah Ismail
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Tang Ching Lau
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Wei-Yen Lim
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Hsin Wei Wendy Lim
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Lydia Seong
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Wei Chin Wong
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Kai Zhen Yap
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
| | - Sri Yudah
- Health Promotion Board, Khoo Teck Puat Hospital, Mount Elizabeth Medical Centre, National University Health System, National University of Singapore, St Luke's Hospital, Tan Tock Seng Hospital
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