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Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall

NCT00226486 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 392

Last updated 2008-08-21

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Falls and injurious falls are common among elderly people. The aim of the study is to test a model of multifactorial fall intervention in a Danish population of elderly sustaining a fall. Focus is on prevention of further falls, patients views on fall prevention and a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls

Interventions

OTHER

multifactorial intervention

Identification of medical, cardiovascular, physical risk factors for falls; e.g. vision, drug-use, depression, carotid sinus syndrome, orthostatic hypotension, etc. Individual intervention; treatment of disease, drug review, pacemaker, exercises, new glasses, all if indicated.

OTHER

Usual care

No intervention, but ususal care after an accidental fall.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Ane B Vind, Dr. · Glostrup University Hospital

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
FACTORIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2005-09-30
Primary Completion
2008-03-31
Completion
2008-03-31

Countries

  • Denmark

Study Locations

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