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Home-Based Technologies Coupled to Teleassistance Service in the Elderly

NCT01697553 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 1200

Last updated 2015-04-03

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Summary

The growth of the elderly population is associated with the autonomy failure and the increase of dependence problems. Fall incidents are the third cause of chronic disablement in older persons and are one of the major risk factors for entering in dependence.

The recent progress in home technologies and medical care are opportunities to search how to apply these tools to reduce and prevent falling at home.

The purpose of this study is to evaluate the cost effectiveness of simple home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service for preventing home falls in frail elderly population.

1200 patients will be enrolled and randmosied within two arms:

* home with automation pack coupled to teleassistance service
* home without this technology

Conditions

  • Disablement in the Elderly

Interventions

OTHER

home automation pack coupled to teleassistance service

OTHER

Home without automation pack coupled to teleassistance service

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University Hospital, Limoges

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Thierry DANTOINE, MD · CHU Limoges

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-10-31
Primary Completion
2015-10-31
Completion
2016-06-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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