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RCT to Reduce Further Falls and Injuries for Older Fallers Presenting to an Emergency Department

NCT00217360 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 700

Last updated 2006-10-04

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

This project is called "Falls Aren't Us" and aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a customised falls prevention program for people aged 60 and over who were presented to the hospital Emergency Department following a fall and being discharged home. Recruitment for this randomized controlled trial has commenced in late December 2002 from several major public hospitals in the western, southern, and northern parts of Melbourne Metropolitan Region. Consented participants will receive a comprehensive falls risk assessment within one week of being discharged home from the Emergency Department and at twelve month following this initial assessment. Their falls risks will be monitored for twelve months through a falls diary. Following randomization, participants in the intervention group will receive a customised falls prevention program in addition to the usual care being put in place from the hospital Emergency Department.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

a customised multifactorial falls prevention program

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Ageing Research Institute, Australia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Keith D Hill, PhD · National Ageing Research Institute

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2002-12-31
Completion
2006-12-31

Countries

  • Australia

Study Locations

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