Nurse Screening Tool for Fall Risk : Prediction of Falls in Older Inpatients Hospitalized at Angers University Hospital
Trial Snapshot
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Status
- Completed
- Sponsor
- Enrollment
- 1,300
- Locations
- 1
- Primary Endpoint
- Clinical characteristics (i.e., Brief geriatric assessment items)
Study Overview
Brief Summary
The primary objective of this study is to elaborate a new simple clinical tool for the risk of falls among older inpatients.
Detailed 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.
Study Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Observational Model
- Cohort
- Time Perspective
- Prospective
Eligibility Criteria
- Ages
- 65 Years to — (Older Adult)
- Sex
- All
- Accepts Healthy Volunteers
- No
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
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Clinical characteristics (i.e., Brief geriatric assessment items)
Time Frame: recorded at baseline when older adult were admited to acute care units.
Secondary Outcomes
- Severity of falls(assessed between 2 and 21 hospitalization days)
- Occurrence of falls(assessed between 2 and 21 hospitalization days)
- Number of falls(assessed between 2 and 21 hospitalization days)