Prevention of Falls in the Elderly Population

February 21, 2024 updated by: The Guthrie Clinic
An educational intervention will be utilized to improve care following guidelines for treating individuals at risk of falling. A survey will be administered to providers pre and post education.

Study Overview

Status

Completed

Conditions

Intervention / Treatment

Study Type

Interventional

Enrollment (Actual)

43

Phase

  • Not Applicable

Contacts and Locations

This section provides the contact details for those conducting the study, and information on where this study is being conducted.

Study Locations

  • United States
    • Pennsylvania
      • Sayre, Pennsylvania, United States, 18840
        • Guthrie Medical Group

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 and older (Adult, Older Adult)

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Primary care providers in Family Medicine and Internal Medicine

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Providers in outlying clinics

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: Prevention
  • Allocation: N/A
  • Interventional Model: Single Group Assignment
  • Masking: None (Open Label)

Arms and Interventions

Participant Group / Arm
Intervention / Treatment
Experimental: Education
Providers participating in education related to guidelines for treating patients at risk of falling
Behavioral: Education
Education on guidelines for care of individuals at risk of falling

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure
Measure Description
Time Frame
Change in Mean Survey Score for Providers' Self-reported View on Vitamin Deficiency as a Cause of Falls
Time Frame: 1year
Absolute change in mean survey score before and after education for providers' view on vitamin D deficiency as a cause of falls. The scale is a likert scale from 1-5: 1 important, 2 somewhat important, 3 neither important nor important, 4 somewhat important, 5 unimportant.
1year

Collaborators and Investigators

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

Sponsor

The Guthrie Clinic

Investigators

  • Principal Investigator: Alicia Harbison, DO, The Guthrie Clinic
  • Principal Investigator: Sheela Prabhu, MD, The Guthrie Clinic

Publications and helpful links

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General Publications

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 (Actual)

February 9, 2018

Primary Completion (Actual)

January 22, 2020

Study Completion (Actual)

January 22, 2020

Study Registration Dates

First Submitted

July 30, 2018

First Submitted That Met QC Criteria

July 30, 2018

First Posted (Actual)

August 3, 2018

Study Record Updates

Last Update Posted (Actual)

July 31, 2024

Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria

February 21, 2024

Last Verified

February 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

Other Study ID Numbers

  • 1712-62

Plan for Individual participant data (IPD)

Plan to Share Individual Participant Data (IPD)?

NO

Drug and device information, study documents

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product

No

Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product

No

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