Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall

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)

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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