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USPSTF offers 3 recommendations for preventing falls in older adults

The Journal of Family Practice. 2018 June;67(6):audio
June 1, 2018|Family Medicine
Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA
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Doug Campos-Outcalt, MD, MPA, is a member of the US Community Preventive Services Task Force, a clinical professor at the University of Arizona College of Medicine, and a senior lecturer with the University of Arizona College of Public Health. He’s also an assistant editor at The Journal of Family Practice.

The speaker reported no potential conflicts of interest relevant to this audiocast.

Dr. Doug Campos-Outcalt details the first recommendation that addresses exercise, the second involving a multifactorial approach, and the third—regarding vitamin D—that is a reversal of a 2012 recommendation.

Resources

US Preventive Services Task Force. Final recommendation statement: Falls prevention in community-dwelling older adults: interventions. Available at: https://www.uspreventiveservicestaskforce.org/Page/Document/RecommendationStatementFinal/falls-prevention-in-older-adults-interventions1. Accessed May 8, 2018.

US Preventive Services Task Force. Interventions to prevent falls in community-dwelling older adults. US Preventive Services Task Force recommendation statement. JAMA. 2018;319:1696-1704.

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