Effectiveness of fall prevention interventions in residential aged care and community settings: an umbrella review

Table 2 Characteristics of included systematic reviews (n = 106)*

	Number of reviews	Total^a	Community	RAC
	Number of reviews	106	63	19
Interventions	Exercise	65	38	10
	Multifactorial intervention	28	18	6
	Vitamin D	19	8	7
	Education	8	4	3
	Environmental	7	5	2
	Medication review	7	2	4
	Quality improvement	5	1	3
	Other^b	12	9	4
Outcomes
	Falls	92	51	17
	People who have had ≥1 fall	42	25	10
	Fall-related fractures	19	12	3
	Falls requiring hospitalisation	8	4	0
AMSTAR-2
	Critically low	51	33	8
	Low quality	22	16	5
	Moderate quality	29	11	5
	High quality	4	3	1

*Number of reviews in each characteristic do not add to 106. ^a Number of reviews which were conducted in community and residential aged care = Total – (Community + RAC). ^b e.g., surgery, sunlight exposure, multivitamin prescription, quality improvement project such as workflow changes and introduction of guidelines

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