Impact of Multidisciplinary Program on Falls in Elderly Inpatients

Falls Among Elderly Inpatients Clinical Trial

— IPR  

Official title:

A Multidisciplinary Program for Preventing Falls "Identify, Prevent and Get up": Impact on Falls in Elderly Inpatients

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Active, not recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT01483456
• Other study ID #: 2011.666
• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: July 21, 2011
• Last updated: September 16, 2014
• Start date: July 2011
• Est. completion date: October 2014

Study information

• Verified date: September 2014
• Source: Hospices Civils de Lyon
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: France: The Commission nationale de l’informatique et des libertésFrance: Comité consultatif sur le traitement de l'information en matière de recherche dans le domaine de la santé
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

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.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Active, not recruiting
• Enrollment: 1852
• Est. completion date: October 2014
• Est. primary completion date: October 2014
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Male or female subject aged over 65 years

• Admitted during the study

• Participation agreement

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients with a MMSE<10 and incapable to participate to a reeducation program

• Patient with an evolutionary and\or badly checked psychiatric pathology

• Bedridden patient

Study Design

Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Falls Among Elderly Inpatients

Intervention

Other:
• The multidisciplinary prevention program called "IPR" (in French "Identifier, Prévenir, Relever")
The intervention is a multidisciplinary program of fall prevention including 3 complementary interventions which focus on several stages of elderly inpatient management: Identification of patient's fall risk, Multifactorial fall prevention program (integrated actions targeted on risk factors, exercise programs and review of the hospital environment), "Get up" workshop and morbidity and mortality conferences related to fall cases

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
France	Centre Hospitalier Gériatrique du Mont d'Or	Albigny-sur-Saône
France	Centre Hospitalier d'Ardèche Méridionale - Service de Gériatrie, Centre Hospitalier d'Ardèche Méridionale	Aubenas
France	Centre Hospitalier de Bourg en Bresse - Pôle filière gériatrique, Centre Hospitalier de Bourg en Bresse	Bourg en Bresse
France	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Frédérique Dugoujon	Caluire et Cuire
France	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Antoine Charial	Francheville
France	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Hôpital Pierre Garraud	Lyon
France	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Service de Médecine gériatrique, Hôpital Edouard Herriot	Lyon
France	Hôpital Local de Meximieux	Meximieux
France	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Service de Médecine gériatrique, Centre Hospitalier Lyon-Sud	Pierre-Bénite
France	Centre Hospitalier d'Annecy - Pôle de Gériatrie - Centre Hospitalier d'Annecy	Pringy
France	Centre Hospitalier Lucien Hussel - Pôle gérontologie	Vienne
France	Hospices Civils de Lyon - Service de Gériatrie - Hôpital des Charpennes	Villeurbanne

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Hospices Civils de Lyon

Country where clinical trial is conducted

France, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Incidence of falls among elderly inpatients		patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum	No
Secondary	Incidence of fall-related mortality		patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum	No
Secondary	Incidence of fall-related		patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum	No