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Why do common sense trials fail in the UK? Lessons learned from a trial which tested the effectiveness and cost-effectiveness of a community falls prevention programme (the Firefli study)

Crossref DOI link: https://doi.org/10.1186/s13063-025-09116-x

Published Online: 2025-09-26

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Authors

Adamson, Joy https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9860-0850
Scantlebury, Arabella

Drummond, Avril

Fairhurst, Caroline

Cockayne, Sarah

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Cunningham-Burley, Rachel

Mann, Joanne

Stanford-Beale, Richard

Hampton, Sarah

Wilkinson, Sarah

Crosssland, Shelley

E Hewitt, Catherine

Pighills, Alison

Roberts, Gareth

Ronaldson, Sarah

J Torgerson, David
Funding

Funding for this research was provided by:

Public Health Research Programme (128341)
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Article History

Received: 7 November 2024

Accepted: 25 August 2025

First Online: 26 September 2025

Declarations

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: Health Research Authority and Care Research Wales ethical approval (Health Research Authority West Midlands—Coventry and Warwickshire Research Ethics Committee (Ref 21/WM/0050), Confidentiality Advisory Group approval (Ref 21/CAG/049).

: Not applicable.

: The authors declare that they have no competing interests.

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