A pragmatic approach to developing falls prevention interventions in a hospital setting.

Completed

• Conditions: Falls in older people; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents

• Registration Number: ACTRN12616000065493
• Lead Sponsor: ational Ageing Research Institute

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2016-01-21
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 210

Inclusion Criteria

Participants will include patients and staff from the two nominated sites :
Melbourne Health: APU (Assessment and Planning Unit, soon to be known as Acute Medical Unit (AMU), City Campus
Austin Health: Ward 10 (Acute aged care), Heidelberg Repatriation Hospital

Exclusion Criteria

None

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Identification from locally driven data of risk factors for falling at 2 sites using the post fall data collection sheet (developed for project)<br>[At the end of 10 weeks of prospective falls data collection period];Feasibility of implementing a framework of pragmatic analysis and context driven intervention for falls prevention measured by a qualitative questionnaire including ability to retrieve local data, time to collect local data, barriers to obtaining data, the ability of sites to implement the plan, and the identification of barriers to implementing the plan.[At the end of the 10 weeks falls prevention intervention phase]