Katharine Westacott

ORCID: 0000-0002-4039-9373
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Research Areas
  • Balance, Gait, and Falls Prevention
  • Cerebral Palsy and Movement Disorders
  • Scoliosis diagnosis and treatment
  • Musculoskeletal pain and rehabilitation
  • Injury Epidemiology and Prevention

Warwick Hospital
2021

South Warwickshire NHS Foundation Trust
2021

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust
2017

Background Falls and fractures are a major problem. Objectives To investigate the clinical effectiveness cost-effectiveness of alternative falls prevention interventions. Design Three-arm, pragmatic, cluster randomised controlled trial with parallel economic analysis. The unit randomisation was general practice. Setting Primary care. Participants People aged ≥ 70 years. Interventions All practices posted an advice leaflet to each participant. Practices active intervention arms (exercise...

10.3310/hta25340 article EN publisher-specific-oa Health Technology Assessment 2021-05-01

This paper describes the design and development of a complex multifactorial falls prevention (MFFP) intervention for implementation testing within framework large UK-based randomised controlled trial (RCT). A was developed inclusion Prevention Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT), multicentre pragmatic RCT. PreFIT aims to compare clinical cost-effectiveness three alternative primary care interventions (advice, exercise MFFP), on outcomes fractures falls. Community-dwelling adults, aged 70 years...

10.1186/s12877-017-0492-6 article EN cc-by BMC Geriatrics 2017-06-01
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