A night-lighting intervention to reduce inpatient falls: A stepped-wedge cluster randomised controlled trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Accidental Falls; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Other physical medicine / rehabilitation; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Public Health - Health service research

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000615684
• Lead Sponsor: Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital, Queensland Health, Australia

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-06-10
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 7500

Inclusion Criteria

All patients admitted in study wards during the 14 month trial period will be included.

Exclusion Criteria

patient level exclusion criteria will apply.

As the unit of recruitment for the cluster RCT is a hospital ward, data pertaining to all patients admitted to trial wards will be included in analysis.

Exclusion criteria applies to ward selection. All on-campus Royal Brisbane and Women's Hospital wards were placed on a list in descending order based on reported rates of falls over the preceding two years. Wards that were planned for refurbishment during the trial period were excluded. The top six remaining wards were approached for inclusion in this study.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified