Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall - Full Text View

Purpose

Falls and injurious falls are common among elderly people. The aim of the study is to test a model of multifactorial fall intervention in a Danish population of elderly sustaining a fall. Focus is on prevention of further falls, patients views on fall prevention and a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Condition	Intervention
Accidental Falls	Behavioral: multifactorial intervention Behavioral: Multifactorial fall prevention Other: Usual care

U.S. FDA Resources

Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Placebo Control, Factorial Assignment, Efficacy Study

Official Title:	Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall- an Analysis in a Medical Technology Evaluation Perspective

Further study details as provided by Glostrup University Hospital,Copenhagen:

Primary Outcome Measures:

Number of falls and injurious falls in 12 months

Secondary Outcome Measures:

Health related Quality of Life
Fear of falling
Dependence
Use of hospital, primary care etc.
Mortality

Enrollment:	392
Study Start Date:	September 2005
Study Completion Date:	March 2008
Primary Completion Date:	March 2008 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Arms	Assigned Interventions
1: Experimental Identification of individual risk factors for falls and specified intervention aimed diminishing these risk factors in the individual.	Behavioral: multifactorial intervention Behavioral: Multifactorial fall prevention Identification of individual risk factors for falls and specified interventions aimed at reducing risk factors
2: Placebo Comparator Usual care	Other: Usual care Usual care

Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	65 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

65 years old or older
Having been treated in emergency department or submitted to hospital after a fall
Living in the Glostrup area.

Exclusion Criteria:

Fall due to strong external force, new apoplexia cerebri, epileptic seizure, alcohol intoxication.
Known cognitive impairment
Not able to walk prior to fall
Living in institution
Planned geriatric intervention.

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00226486

Locations


Denmark
	Department of Geriatrics, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup
	Glostrup, Denmark, 2600

Sponsors and Collaborators

Glostrup University Hospital,Copenhagen

Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark

Investigators


Principal Investigator:	Ane B Vind, Dr.	Glostrup University Hospital

More Information

Study ID Numbers:	KA05059
First Received:	September 23, 2005
Last Updated:	August 18, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00226486
Health Authority:	Denmark: The Ministry of the Interior and Health

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on August 20, 2008

Sponsors and Collaborators:	Glostrup University Hospital,Copenhagen Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark
Information provided by:	Glostrup University Hospital,Copenhagen
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00226486