Falls Prevention in Acute Care Hospital (PRECEPT)

Vaud University Hospital Center

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Falls

Treatments: Other: Multifactorial falls prevention program; Other: No falls prevention intervention

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01054287

SQO150

Details and patient eligibility

About

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of a multifactorial falls prevention program in an acute internal medicine ward.

Sex: All

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• all patients admitted to internal medicine ward

Exclusion criteria

• none

Trial design

0 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

Falls prevention

Experimental group

Treatment:

Other: Multifactorial falls prevention program

Usual care

Placebo Comparator group

Treatment:

Other: No falls prevention intervention