Falls Clinical Trial - Establishment of an Integrated Model for Prevention

Status Completed

Clinical Trial Summary

Falls, with a high prevalence, high risk and consequent medical and social costs, are an important issue for medical care and health promotion in the elderly. The prevalence of falls in the elderly lies in between 10-20%. Falls have become the second leading cause of death from injury for the elderly in Taiwan. A community-based study showed that, among those old adults after a fall, 27.3% were severely injured, 53.9% got a minor injury, and only 18.9% remained intact. Another study revealed that among fall injury events reported, 42% were hospitalized, of whom 2.2% died in hospital, and 37% entered nursing homes after discharge from hospital. In addition to physical discomfort, half of the elderly fallers would become disabled, and bring a heavy burden of social economy and family care. It was estimated that there were 460 thousand of old people who had a fall, and 125 thousand of them were injured in Taiwan, 2007. Research evidence shows that falls prevention is effective and feasible. Although primary falls prevention programs have been conducted at the community level and extended to 25 counties and cities for many years, they were not integrated with secondary and tertiary prevention. The study aims to establish an integrated fall prevention model, combined with primary, secondary and tertiary prevention. The model will be practiced in participating hospitals and communities, with a randomized control trial (RCT) design to examine its feasibility and effectiveness. Our study subjects are persons aged 65 and over who live in communities, go to out-patient departments (OPD) or emergency room (ER) care.

Tasks for implementation

1. To organize a multidisciplinary team for integrated falls prevention.

2. To draft a guideline for falls prevention in the elderly.

3. To set up a multidisciplinary fall clinic.

4. To set up a falls prevention classroom.

5. To enhance cooperate between hospitals and primary care units to fulfill the guideline for falls prevention in the elderly.

Clinical Trial Description

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Study Design

Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Safety Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Prevention

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

Falls

Clinical Trial Details

NCT number	NCT00804492
Study type	Interventional
Source	National Taiwan University Hospital
Contact
Status	Completed
Phase	N/A
Start date	June 2008
Completion date	December 2009

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Establishment of an Integrated Model for Prevention of Elderly Falls

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