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Clinical Trials/ACTRN12610000838011
ACTRN12610000838011Recruiting未知

In community-dwelling older people who have fallen, does the provision of falls prevention interventions and osteoporosis treatment through a specialist Falls and Bone service prevent more falls than care coordinated by General Practitioners.

Centre for Education and Research on Ageing0 sites400 target enrollmentStarted: October 6, 2010Last updated:
Conditions

Trial Snapshot

Phase
未知
Status
Recruiting
Sponsor
Enrollment
400

Study Overview

Brief Summary

No summary available.

Study Design

Study Type
Interventional
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Primary Purpose
Prevention
Masking
Blinded (masking used)

Eligibility Criteria

Ages
65 Years to o limit (—)
Sex
All

Inclusion Criteria

  • 1. One or more fall in the preceding 12 months
  • 2. Community dwelling (house, flat, retirement village, hostel)
  • 3. Independently mobile with or without walking aids
  • 4. Resident within the study area for the following 12 months

Exclusion Criteria

  • 1. Cognitive impairment MMSE <20/30
  • 2. Terminal illness with life expectancy less than 12 months
  • 3. Parkinson’s Disease or other neurodegenerative conditions
  • 4. Unable to understand participant information or consent in English
  • 5. Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment in the preceding 12 months
  • 6. Has not attended a General Practitioner in the preceding 12 months
  • 7. No usual General Practitioner
  • 8. Living outside the study area

Investigators

Sponsor
Centre for Education and Research on Ageing

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