Evaluation of a Fall Detection Device in Isolated Elderly

Summary

The objective of this study is to evaluate the evolution 6 months after a fall occurring at home in people over 75 equipped or non-equipped with a precocious detection device. The possibility to establish a relation between the alert emitted by the device, the time separating the fall from the arrival at hospital and the potential consequences for the persons will be analyzed with the greatest accuracy. Besides, the sequences of intervention of the different operators will be described with precision. 200 persons living at home in the ESSONNE(France)and having fallen at least one time during the previous 3 months will be included in the study and two groups of 100 will be constituted randomly after having signed a written consent. Of the 2 groups, one will be constituted with persons equipped with a precocious fall detection device named Vigi'Fall® , the second being non-equipped. After a first visit checking that the inclusion criteria are abide by and the installation of the device in the persons designated randomly for being equipped, a second visit will be carried out after 10 months in order to know the evolution, i.e. if the persons are still alive, living at home or having left for admission in an institution (hospital, nursing home, retirement home...). By a detailed comparison between the 2 groups, it will be possible to evaluate the potential interest of having been equipped or non-equipped with a precocious fall detection device. Hence, a change in practices may lead to a prevision of elderly persons likely to benefit of a precocious detection device and to the development of prevention in hospital geriatric departments, geriatric care networks, emergency departments and local services for the elderly and disabled. Another possible gain of the study is to sensitize the medical, paramedical and social teams to the usefulness of precocious detection devices in elderly subjects at risk for falls.

Conditions

• Accidental Falls
• Elderly

Interventions

DEVICE

Vigi'Fall®

Precocious fall detection device

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Vigilio S.A.

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Hôpital Privé Gériatrique Les Magnolias (HPGM)

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Conseil Général de l'Essonne

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• SDIS de l'Essonne

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• SAMU de l'Essonne

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Europ Assistance

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• Réseau Hippocampes

  collaborator UNKNOWN

• URC-CIC Paris Descartes Necker Cochin

  collaborator OTHER

• Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Yann-Erick Claessens, MD, PhD · Hôpital Cochin

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

76 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2011-10-31

Primary Completion

2013-12-31

Completion

2014-08-31

Countries

• France

Study Locations