Citation

Smith ML, Jiang L, Ory MG. Fam. Community Health 2012; 35(3): 256-263.

Affiliation

Department of Health Promotion and Behavior, The University of Georgia College of Public Health, Athens (Dr Smith); and Departments of Social and Behavioral Health (Drs Smith and Ory) and Epidemiology and Biostatistics (Dr Jiang), Texas A&M Health Science Center School of Rural Public Health, College Station.

Copyright

(Copyright © 2012, Lippincott Williams and Wilkins)

DOI

10.1097/FCH.0b013e318250bdb8

PMID

22617416

Abstract

Grand-scale community rollouts of evidence-based programs seldom have the capacity to examine long-term sustainability of beneficial effects among older adults. This study examined the effectiveness of A Matter of Balance/Volunteer Lay Leader Model, an evidence-based fall risk reduction program, to sustain fall-related efficacy improvements among 282 older adult participants using data collected at 3 time points: baseline, postintervention, and 6-month follow-up. A linear mixed model and multilevel logistic regression models were used. Falls Efficacy Scale and individual item scores significantly increased from baseline to postintervention. While most efficacy-related scores tapered after postintervention, all changes remained significant at 6-month follow-up.

Language: en