Improving older patients’ safety in Western Australianhospitals – reducing falls in rehabilitation units.

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Accidental Falls; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12612000877886
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Notre Dame Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2012-08-17
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 8

Inclusion Criteria

Admission to ward enrolled in the trial - 8 aged care geriatric rehabilitation wards
Individual patients deemed eligible on ward to receive intervention - The patient level inclusion criteria are that the patient must be over 60 years old, cognitively intact as defined by MMSE >23/30 OR AMTS 7/10 AND final confirmation by the treating registrar that patient is cognitively intact. The patients’ projected admission must be longer 2 days on the ward.

Exclusion Criteria

Diagnosis of dementia or other cognitive impairment, presence of delirium diagnosed by registrar on ward

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rates of falls on all wards enrolled the trial (event rate of falls measured in events per time units) assessed by hospital data reporting numbers of patients on the trial wards, number of occupied bed days of all patients on the trial wards, and number of falls that occur on the wards during the observation period. Falls data also captured by hand searching of patient case notes throughout the obervation period of the trial.[These rates will be calculated at the conclusion of the trial observation period, that is at the conclusion of 50 weeks.]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rates of falls on individual sites Accidental falls (event rate of falls measured in events per time units)- assessed by hospital data reporting numbers of patients on the trial wards, number of occupied bed days of all patients on the trial wards, and number of falls that occur on the wards during the observation period. Falls data also captured by hand searching of patient case notes throughout the obervation period of the trial.[The falls rates for individual sites will be calculated at the end of the trial observation period, that is at the conclusion of 50 weeks.]