Prevention of Falls in the Elderly Population

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Accidental Falls

• Registration Number: NCT03614897
• Lead Sponsor: The Guthrie Clinic

Brief Summary

An educational intervention will be utilized to improve care following guidelines for treating individuals at risk of falling. A survey will be administered to providers pre and post education.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2018-02-09
• Study First Submitted: 2018-07-30
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-07-30
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-03
• Primary Completion: 2020-01-22
• Study Completion: 2020-01-22
• Results First Submitted: 2023-03-24
• Status Verified: 2024-02
• Results First Submitted QC: 2024-02-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-02-21
• Results First Posted: 2024-07-31
• Last Update Posted: 2024-07-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 43

Inclusion Criteria

• Primary care providers in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine

Exclusion Criteria

• Providers in outlying clinics

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Mean Survey Score for Providers' Self-reported View on Vitamin Deficiency as a Cause of Falls	1year	Absolute change in mean survey score before and after education for providers' view on vitamin D deficiency as a cause of falls. The scale is a likert scale from 1-5: 1 important, 2 somewhat important, 3 neither important nor important, 4 somewhat important, 5 unimportant.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Guthrie Medical Group; 🇺🇸 Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States