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Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall

This study has been completed.

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
  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




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