Falls: assessment and prevention in older people and in people 50 and over at higher risk

Supporting evidence

• Evidence review

• Evidence reviews – April 2025

• A: Information and support (PDF 1.66 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• B: Clinical assessments (PDF 971 KB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• C: Accuracy of screening tools (PDF 2.9 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• D: Electronic patient records (PDF 1.68 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• E: Methods of assessment (PDF 2.35 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• F1: Interventions for prevention of falls in community settings: exercise, multicomponent/multifactorial and environmental interventions (PDF 5.41 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• F2: Interventions for prevention of falls in community settings: education, medication provision, vitamin D, nutrition, psychological and surgical interventions (PDF 2.93 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• G: Interventions for prevention of falls in hospital settings (PDF 1.8 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• H: Interventions for prevention of falls in residential care settings (PDF 4 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• I: Maximising participation, adherence and continuation of falls prevention interventions (PDF 1.1 MB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• Other supporting evidence

• Methods (PDF 556 KB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• Economic analysis

• Economic model report (PDF 614 KB)

  Published:

  29 April 2025

• Surveillance report

• 2019 surveillance of falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention (NICE guideline CG161)

• Appendix A: Summary of evidence from surveillance (PDF 1010 KB)

  Published:

  23 May 2019

• 2013 surveillance of falls in older people: assessing risk and prevention (NICE guideline CG161)

• Appendix A: Decision matrix (PDF 256 KB)

  Published:

  11 January 2016