Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders

Summary

The aim of this pragmatic cluster-randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness of an evidence-based, patient-centered multifactorial fall injury prevention strategy in community dwelling older adults at risk of falls recruited from 86 primary care practices around the U.S.

Conditions

• Accidental Falls
• Wounds and Injuries

Interventions

OTHER

Evidence-based tailored fall prevention

OTHER

Usual care

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Yale University

  collaborator OTHER

• University of California, Los Angeles

  collaborator OTHER

• Healthcare Partners

  collaborator OTHER

• The University of Texas Medical Branch, Galveston

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Pittsburgh Medical Center

  collaborator OTHER

• Johns Hopkins University

  collaborator OTHER

• Sinai Health System

  collaborator OTHER

• Reliant Medical Group

  collaborator OTHER

• Partners HealthCare

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Michigan

  collaborator OTHER

• University of Iowa

  collaborator OTHER

• Essentia Health

  collaborator OTHER

• Wake Forest University

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institute on Aging (NIA)

  collaborator NIH

• Patient-Centered Outcomes Research Institute

  collaborator OTHER

• National Institutes of Health (NIH)

  collaborator NIH

• Brigham and Women's Hospital

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• Shalender Bhasin, MD · Brigham and Women's Hospital

• Thomas Gill, MD · Yale University

• Dave Reuben, MD · University of California, Los Angeles

• Nancy Latham, PhD · Brigham and Women's Hosptial

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

70 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-08-31

Primary Completion

2019-12-31

Completion

2020-01-31

Countries

• United States

Study Locations