Di Monaco 2008.

Study characteristics
Methods	Quasi‐randomised trial (alternation)
Participants	Setting: Torino, Italy N = 119 Sample: women in hospital after a fall‐related hip fracture Age (years): mean 80 (SD 6.6) Inclusion criteria: history of fall‐related hip fracture; returning to same dwelling in the community; aged ≥ 60 years Exclusion criteria: not living in Turin; MMSE < 23
Interventions	1. Multidisciplinary fall prevention programme during hospital stay plus single home visit by OT (median 20 days post discharge); assessed hazards, gave advice on modifying home environment, behaviour changes and use of assistive devices 2. Control: as above but no home visit
Outcomes	1. Rate of falls 2. Number of people falling
Duration of the study	6 months
Notes	Intervention commences in hospital but designed to prevent falls in the community
Risk of bias
Bias	Authors' judgement	Support for judgement
Random sequence generation (selection bias)	High risk	Quote: "...119 women were allocated to intervention or control groups alternately."
Allocation concealment (selection bias)	High risk	Randomised by alternation. No concealment.
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes	Unclear risk	Participants and personnel not blind to allocated group but impact of non‐blinding unclear
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Falls and fallers	High risk	Falls data were collected at home visit at 6 months by same OTs that carried out the interventions, i.e. not blind to intervention group
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Falls	High risk	SeeAppendix 3 for method of assessment
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Fallers	High risk	SeeAppendix 3 for method of assessment
Risk of bias in recall of falls	Unclear risk	Quote: "During their stay in hospital, all the women were asked to record falls occurring after discharge, and to report them at a home visit by an occupational therapist scheduled for approximately 6 months after discharge. During this home visit, the occupational therapist asked the women in detail about falls occurring after discharge from hospital."