Falls Among Elderly Inpatients Clinical Trial
Official title:
A Multidisciplinary Program for Preventing Falls "Identify, Prevent and Get up": Impact on Falls in Elderly Inpatients
Falls among elderly inpatients are common, multifactorial and associated with a significant increase of complications and morbidity. According to a recent Cochrane review, the effectiveness of fall prevention program has been assessed in community-dwelling and in long stay wards but not in rehabilitation wards (RW) and geriatric acute wards (GAW). IPR study aims to measure the impact of a multidisciplinary prevention program on falls in elderly inpatients.
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Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention