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Vitamin D Osteoporosis Long-Term Care Study

NCT01398527 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 40

Last updated 2025-07-01

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Summary

The research question is, does a multifaceted, multidisciplinary intervention including small groups, chart audits and point of care tools, increase the number of people receiving optimal vitamin D therapy in the long term care (LTC) setting? Secondary outcomes include the number of falls and fractures experienced by the residents in each LTC home and the number of residents receiving appropriate bisphosphonate therapy.

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Educ sessions & LTC Osteoporosis toolkit

Three points of contact to be made. The first being a 1-hour personal visit at each intervention LTC home from an osteoporosis expert with the homes professional or health advisory committee (PAC or HAC). The second and third contact points will be made through webinars between the osteoporosis expert and the group from the first meeting.

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Alexandra Papaioannou, MD, MSc · McMaster University

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-07-31
Primary Completion
2013-02-28
Completion
2013-05-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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