Investigating a novel technological solution to prevent falls in older people in hospital

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: accidental falls; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12617000981325
• Lead Sponsor: The University of Adelaide

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2017-07-07
• Study Completion: 2019-06-30
• Last Update Posted: 5 January 2021

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 3252

Inclusion Criteria

Patients aged 65 years and older, admitted to the three study wards

Exclusion Criteria

Receiving palliative treatment

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Falls rate, calculated as the number of falls divided by the number of participant bed days.<br>Falls will be collected from 3 sources: health systems computerized incident reports, daily enquiry of falls from ward team leader and hand searching of patient medical notes/electronic health records. Number of participant bed days of all participants on the trial wards.[At 103 weeks after start of control period, falls rate will be calculated.]