Falls Prevention in Acute Care Hospital

Not Applicable

• Conditions: Falls
• Interventions: Other: Multifactorial falls prevention program; Other: No falls prevention intervention

• Registration Number: NCT01054287
• Lead Sponsor: Centre Hospitalier Universitaire Vaudois

Brief Summary

The aim of this study is to evaluate the effect of a multifactorial falls prevention program in an acute internal medicine ward.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Status Verified: 2010-01
• Study First Submitted: 2010-01-21
• Study First Submitted QC: 2010-01-21
• Last Update Submitted: 2010-01-21
• Study First Posted: 2010-01-22
• Last Update Posted: 2010-01-22

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: UNKNOWN
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

• all patients admitted to internal medicine ward

Exclusion Criteria

• none

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Falls prevention	Multifactorial falls prevention program	-
Usual care	No falls prevention intervention	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
falls rate	2 years

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Service of internal medicine, CHUV; 🇨🇭 Lausanne, Vaud, Switzerland