Integrated Interdisciplinary Program for Fall Prevention in Hospitalized Patients

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: the Fall Rates; the Severity of Injuries

• Registration Number: NCT01817920
• Lead Sponsor: Changhua Christian Hospital

Brief Summary

Falls are very common accidents in Hospital. It not only results in injuries, less mobility among patients but increases their length of stay, cost and family burdens. Reducing the rates and injuries of falls is an urgent issue around hospitals.

An integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program (IMFPP) was implemented from 2006 in CCH. Members include physicians, nurses, case manager therapists, engineers and staffs of maintenance. The aim of this study is to determine whether IMFPP efforts support interventions with multiple components do reduce the fall rates and severity of injuries.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2004-01
• Primary Completion: 2009-12
• Study Completion: 2009-12
• Status Verified: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2013-03-20
• Study First Submitted QC: 2013-03-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2013-03-21
• Study First Posted: 2013-03-26
• Last Update Posted: 2013-03-26

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3000

Inclusion Criteria

• Patient in CCH's fall incidence reports system

Exclusion Criteria

• No

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: SINGLE_GROUP

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severities of injury as fall	within 1 day after fall	Severities of injury was according to Taiwan Quality Indicator Project (TQIP); 1. mild injury (contusion, abrasion wound); 2. moderate injury (sprain, laceration wound); 3. severe injury (fracture, conscious loss)

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Rate of recurrent fall	participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks