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Reconfiguring the Patient Room to Increase Patient Stability

NCT04003779 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 18

Last updated 2025-03-28

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Despite decades of research into patient falls, falls and the injuries incurred continue to be a serious threat to patient safety. Fall rates continue to be unacceptably high. The purpose of this project is to increase the safety of a hospital room for patient mobility, using innovative simulation strategies and patient-centric design.

Conditions

  • Elderly, Frail
  • Accidental Falls
  • Hospitals

Interventions

OTHER

Room configuration

Adjust distance, handrails, degrees of turn for participant

Sponsors & Collaborators

Principal Investigators

  • Bob G Wong, PhD · University of Utah

  • Andrew Merryweather, PhD · University of Utah

Study Design

Allocation
NA
Purpose
OTHER
Masking
NONE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2022-07-14
Primary Completion
2024-09-29
Completion
2024-09-29

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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