Preventing falls in the acute hospital setting.
- Conditions
- Acute medical and surgical conditions.Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12607000498493
- Lead Sponsor
- Health and Ageing Solutions
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot yet recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 600
Inclusion Criteria
Adult participants over the age of 18 years. The expected age range 18-100 years Patients being admitted to hospital
Ability to participate voluntarily and provide signed informed consent or access to an appropriate family member/guardian or carer who can provide signed informed consent.
Exclusion Criteria
The inability to provide signed informed consent or lack of an appropriate family member/guardian or carer who can provide signed informed consent.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Falls per 1000 bed days.[After 10 week intervention phase.];Injurious falls per 1000 bed days.[After 10 week intervention phase.];Number of multiple fallers.[After 10 week intervention phase.]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Benzodiazepine prescription volume.[After 10 week intervention phase.]