| Study characteristics |
| Methods |
RCT |
| Participants |
Setting: Sydney, Australia
N = 120
Sample: identified through 6 hospitals in Sydney following hip fracture (79% women)
Age (years): mean 79 (SD 9), range 57 to 95
Inclusion criteria: community‐dwelling; recent hip fracture
Exclusion criteria: severe cognitive impairment; medical conditions; complications from fracture resulting in delayed healing |
| Interventions |
1. Weight‐bearing home exercise group
2. Non weight‐bearing home exercise group
3. Control: no intervention |
| Outcomes |
1. Number of people falling |
| Duration of the study |
4 months |
| Notes |
Data obtained from authors |
| Risk of bias |
| Bias |
Authors' judgement |
Support for judgement |
| Random sequence generation (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "the randomisation schedule was produced with a random numbers table in blocks of six" |
| Allocation concealment (selection bias) |
Low risk |
Quote: "Sealed in opaque envelopes"
Comment: probably done as research group has described "concealed allocation" in previous study |
| Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias)
All outcomes |
Unclear risk |
Participants and personnel implementing the intervention not blind to allocated group, but impact of non‐blinding unclear |
| Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias)
Falls and fallers |
High risk |
Falls reported by participants who were aware of their group allocation. Assessors not blind to group allocation. |
| Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias)
Fallers |
Low risk |
SeeAppendix 3 for method of assessment |
| Risk of bias in recall of falls |
High risk |
Retrospective recall. Falls data collected at home visits at 1 and 4 months. |
