Table 2 Details of assessments and interventions provided by services (denominator is 231 unless otherwise stated)
From: A national survey of services for the prevention and management of falls in the UK
| Â | Â | Number (%) N = 231 |
Multi-factorial risk assessment | Not undertaken | 3 (1%) |
| Â | Undertaken | 228 (99%) |
| Â | Includes gait and balance | 210 (91%) |
| Â | Includes home hazards | 176 (76%) |
| Â | Includes medication | 167 (72%) |
| Â | Includes cardiovascular | 160 (69%) |
| Â | Includes vision | 135 (58%) |
| Â | Includes cognition | 124 (54%) |
| Â | Includes foot | 123 (53%) |
| Â | Includes nutrition | 118 (51%) |
| Â | Includes bone health | 107 (46%) |
| Â | Includes hearing | 80 (35%) |
Multi-factorial intervention | Reported using interventions | 192 (83%) |
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Knowledge/information intervention | No information provided | 13 (6%) |
| Â | Written information | 215 (93%) |
| Â | Video information | 26 (11%) |
| Â | Audio information | 22 (10%) |
| Â | Formal education program | 112 (48%) |
Gait and balance intervention | Exercise supervised in clinic | 182 (79%) |
| Â | Home exercises | 104 (45%) |
| Â | Referral to community class | 48 (21%) |
Medication intervention | Intervened (any type) | 99 (43%) |
| Â | Direct | 61 (26%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 38 (16%) |
Bone health Intervention | Intervened (any type) | 55 (24%) |
| Â | Direct | 30 (13%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 25 (11%) |
Vision Intervention | Intervened (any type) | 81 (35%) |
| Â | Direct action | 8 (3%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 73 (32%) |
Cardiovascular Intervention | Intervened (any type) | 38 (16%) |
| Â | Direct action | 9 (4%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 29 (13%) |
Home hazard Intervention | Intervened (any type) | 138 (60%) |
| Â | Direct action | 80 (35%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 59 (26%) |
Incontinence Intervention | Intervened (any type) | 96 (42%) |
| Â | Direct action | 15 (6%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 81 (35%) |
Foot health intervention | Intervened (any type) | 68 (29%) |
| Â | Podiatry | 20 (9%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 48 (21%) |
Hearing intervention | Intervention (any type) | 45 (19%) |
| Â | Direct action (ear wax removal) | 37 (16%) |
| Â | Onward referral | 8 (3%) |
Post-intervention follow-up | Face to face | 75 (32%) |
| Â | Post | 1 (< 1%) |
| Â | Telephone | 28 (12%) |
| Â | Combination | 9 (4%) |