Intervention to Reduce Falls Incidence (EPICA)

Andalusian Regional Ministry of Health

Status: Completed

Conditions: Patient Fall

Treatments: Device: multifactorial

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01279525

279/03

PI-279/03 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine the effectiveness of a multifactorial intervention program to prevent falls among the elderly as compared to a brief intervention.

Full description

The objective of this research is to verify if a simple multifactorial intervention program that is applicable in PC settings is more effective to decrease fall incidence than a brief advice for community-living people aged 70 or older.

Enrollment: 404 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 70+ years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients residing in the community

Exclusion criteria

• to be institutionalized
• Immobilized or bedridden
• Present a terminal disease or severe psychiatric illness
• Have contraindications to physical exercise

Trial design

Primary purpose: Prevention

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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404 participants in 1 patient group

Multifactorial intervention

Experimental group

Description:

Multifactorial intervention to prevent falls

Treatment:

Device: multifactorial