Integrated Interdisciplinary Program for Fall Prevention in Hospitalized Patients

March 21, 2013 updated by: Ta-Sen Wei,MD, Changhua Christian Hospital

Falls are very common accidents in Hospital. It not only results in injuries, less mobility among patients but increases their length of stay, cost and family burdens. Reducing the rates and injuries of falls is an urgent issue around hospitals.

An integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program (IMFPP) was implemented from 2006 in CCH. Members include physicians, nurses, case manager therapists, engineers and staffs of maintenance. The aim of this study is to determine whether IMFPP efforts support interventions with multiple components do reduce the fall rates and severity of injuries.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

3000

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Participation Criteria

Researchers look for people who fit a certain description, called eligibility criteria. Some examples of these criteria are a person's general health condition or prior treatments.

Eligibility Criteria

Ages Eligible for Study

18 years to 85 years (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Genders Eligible for Study

All

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Patient in CCH's fall incidence reports system

Exclusion Criteria:

  • No

Study Plan

This section provides details of the study plan, including how the study is designed and what the study is measuring.

How is the study designed?

Design Details

  • Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program
Behavioral: integrated multidisciplinary fall prevention program

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Severities of injury as fall
Time Frame: within 1 day after fall

Severities of injury was according to Taiwan Quality Indicator Project (TQIP)

  1. mild injury (contusion, abrasion wound)
  2. moderate injury (sprain, laceration wound)
  3. severe injury (fracture, conscious loss)
within 1 day after fall

Secondary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Time Frame
Rate of recurrent fall
Time Frame: participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks
participants will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, an expected average of 4 weeks

Collaborators and Investigators

This is where you will find people and organizations involved with this study.

Sponsor

Changhua Christian Hospital

Study record dates

These dates track the progress of study record and summary results submissions to ClinicalTrials.gov. Study records and reported results are reviewed by the National Library of Medicine (NLM) to make sure they meet specific quality control standards before being posted on the public website.

Study Major Dates

Study Start

January 1, 2004

Primary Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Completion (Actual)

December 1, 2009

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

March 20, 2013

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2013

First Posted (Estimate)

March 26, 2013

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Estimate)

March 26, 2013

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

March 21, 2013

Last Verified

March 1, 2013

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • CCH-091237

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