Een Belgische studie ter bevordering van de implementatie en effectiviteit van een multifactoriële valpreventie interventie bij thuiswonende oudere personen

Approximately 24 to 40% community-dwelling older people fall annually, of which 21 to 45% recurrently. Many factors contribute to the risk of falling, such as mobility impairment, medication use, environmental issues and risk behavior. Falls are associated with an increased risk of morbidity and mortality and often lead to physical and psychosocial consequences. Falls and related injuries have a huge economic impact on society. Given its proven efficacy as shown by controlled trials, multifactorial fall prevention interventions are recommended as primary strategy. However, poor implementation in daily clinical practice leads to inconclusive results on clinical outcomes. The context is a critical concept to understand variation in implementation and clinical outcomes. Therefore, it is necessary to comprehensively understand the context prior to development and implementation.To date, the context and tailored implementation are neglected in the majority of fall prevention research. Therefore, this BElgian study aims to develop tailored strategies to Enhance the uptake and effectiveness of a Multifactorial fall Prevention intervention in Older communitydWElling peRsons (BE-EMPOWERed).