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Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall

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Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen

Status

Completed

Conditions

Accidental Falls

Treatments

Other: Usual care
Other: multifactorial intervention

Study type

Interventional

Funder types

Other

Identifiers

NCT00226486
KA05059

Details and patient eligibility

About

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.

Enrollment

392 patients

Sex

All

Ages

65+ years old

Volunteers

No Healthy Volunteers

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.

Trial design

Primary purpose

Prevention

Allocation

Randomized

Interventional model

Factorial Assignment

Masking

None (Open label)

392 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

1
Experimental group
Description:
Identification of individual risk factors for falls and specified intervention aimed diminishing these risk factors in the individual.
Treatment:
Other: multifactorial intervention
2
Placebo Comparator group
Description:
Usual care
Treatment:
Other: Usual care

Trial contacts and locations

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