Evaluation of a patient and clinician education program for falls prevention in hospitals

Not Applicable

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

• Registration Number: ACTRN12621000430831
• Lead Sponsor: a Trobe University

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2021-04-16
• Study Completion: 2021-07-03
• Last Update Posted: 25 April 2022

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 42

Inclusion Criteria

Patient education

For patients to be eligible for the survey, they need to be: (i) Adults (>18 years); (ii) able to speak, read and understand English; and (iii) medically stable. Here, medically stable” is defined as patients having a normal Glasgow Coma Scale score which indicates full consciousness and having stable vital signs. This will be determined by the nurse-in-charge who will provide a list of potential participants to a member of the research team. For the follow up phone interview, the inclusion criteria are the same with an additional criteria: participants must be from intervention wards.

Clinician training

For clinicians to be eligible, they need to provide informed consent and be: (i) Qualified registered nurses, enrolled nurses or allied health clinicians (Physiotherapist/Occupational therapist/Allied Health Assistants); and (ii) working in intervention wards.

Exclusion Criteria

Patients will be excluded if they have cognitive impairment or if they did not stay overnight in hospital. The nurse-in-charge of each ward will identify cognitively intact patients using their clinical judgement and past medical history before providing a list of names to a member of the research team. This research team member will have a clinical background and will also use their clinical judgement to ensure they agree with the nurse-in-charge.

Clinicians will be excluded if they work in non-inpatient settings or are not assigned to intervention wards.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified