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Accidental Falls Care Bundle

NCT03147521 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 10000

Last updated 2017-05-10

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Summary

Accidental falls represents an elderly very important health problem, both in the community and within the hospital. The aim of this research project is to evaluate the effectiveness of accidental falls prevention care bundle in geriatrics, internal medicine, post acute, and rehabilitation wards, in terms of incidence and outcome reduction. It will be also investigated the cost effectiveness ratio, in terms of falls avoided, care bundle implementation costs, and falls related healthcare costs. The study will permit to evaluate the implementation feasibleness in time, considering the study will last for 20 months.

Conditions

  • Accidental Falls

Interventions

OTHER

Care bundle

Risk fall assessment at hospital admission with Conley scale or with findings of specific risk characteristics (previous falls, cognitive impairment, neuropsychological damage, increased need to go to the bathroom for increased evacuative needs, neuroleptic or cardiovascular drugs assumption); if risk is found shear the information with the team, writing it in patient chart, and positioning a specific symbol on patient bed. Inform patient and family about fall risk and ask, if possible, a continuous caregiver presence. Universal strategy application for the environmental safety and patient safety. Periodic assessment of drugs therapy, with the aim of reduce those that acts on central nervous system and cardiovascular system. If patient is at risk and alone, verify each 2 hours the need to go to the bathroom, change position or drink.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • IRCCS Azienda Ospedaliero-Universitaria di Bologna

    lead OTHER

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
NONE
Model
SEQUENTIAL

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-04-28
Primary Completion
2016-12-28
Completion
2017-01-31

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