Researchers make progress on Falls Prevention Tool
Researchers are developing a falls prediction tool that hopes to reduce the risk of medication-related falls.
The new STRATIFY-Falls tool aims to predict which patients are most at risk of falling in the next one to ten years. This could allow GPs to provide more personalised care and target falls prevention strategies for patients, such as exercise-based interventions or drug reviews.
The risk of a serious fall increases as people age and develop chronic medical conditions. Other risk factors…