Prediction of Falls in Older Inpatients Hospitalized at Angers University Hospital (EPRIC)

University Hospital, Angers

Status: Completed

Conditions: to Elaborate a New Simple Clinical Tool for the Risk of Falls Among Older Inpatients.

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT02120209

2013/24

Details and patient eligibility

About

The primary objective of this study is to elaborate a new simple clinical tool for the risk of falls among older inpatients.

Full description

Falling is a common event within hospitals, with a rate calculated between 2.9-13 per 1,000 bed-days . Falls lead to prolonged length of hospital stays (LHS). The first step of an efficient and cost-effectiveness strategy of fall prevention is the screening of individuals at higher risk of falls. Recently, a brief geriatric assessment (BGA) composed of a few number of items has demonstrated to successfully predict the risk of prolonged LHS (5). We hypothesized that the use of the BGA items would make it possible to predict the occurrence of falls among older inpatients.

Enrollment: 1,300 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age ≥ 65 years
• participants who did not issue opposition to participation in the study
• Patients hospitalized at the University Hospital of Angers in acute care units participating in study
• Being affiliated to a social security regime

Exclusion criteria

• Opposition to the use of information collected for research purposes.
• Age < 65 years