Research Into Risk Factors for Hospitalization Following a Fall in Older Patients (FDR-HPC)

Every year, a considerable number of older people fall, with a variety of consequences. These falls can lead to hospitalization, with consequent adverse effects on these people, as well as a significant cost to society. The risk factors for falls themselves are well identified, but not those that lead to hospitalizations in older people who all fall. Some risk factors, such as age, cannot be modified. With a view to preventing hospitalizations in older patients who fall, The investigators aimed to identify functional, and therefore modifiable, risk factors for hospitalizations in patients who fall, such as gait parameters. The investigators hope that the results of this study will lead to early identification of the risk of hospitalization in these patients and thus to appropriate rehabilitation as early as possible to limit this risk.

Study Overview

• Status: Recruiting
• Conditions: Accidental Falls

• Study Type: Observational
• Enrollment (Estimated): 60

Contacts and Locations

• Study Contact: Name: Elise SCHMITT, MD; Phone Number: 33 3 88 12 74 47; Email: elise.schmitt@chru-strasbourg.fr

Study Locations

• France
  • Strasbourg, France, 67091
    • Recruiting
    • Service de Gériatrie Aiguë - CHU de Strasbourg - France
    • Principal Investigator: Elise SCHMITT, MD
    • Contact: Elise SCHMITT, MD; Phone Number: 33 3 88 12 74 47; Email: elise.schmitt@chru-strasbourg.fr
    • Sub-Investigator: Marie AUBERT, Physiotherapist

Participation Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: Older Adult
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: N/A

• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patient over 65 years old having had at least one fall and able to walk without human assistance

Description

Inclusion Criteria:

• Patient over 65 years old
• Patient having had at least one fall
• Patient able to walk without human assistance
• Hospitalized at the geriatrics center or seen in fall consultation at the Strasbourg University Hospital during the period from 05/01/2023 to 01/31/2024

Exclusion Criteria:

- Subject (and/or their legal representative if applicable) having expressed their (their) opposition to the reuse of their data

Study Plan

How is the study designed?

What is the study measuring?

Primary Outcome Measures

Outcome Measure	Measure Description	Time Frame
Gait parameters assessed using the GAITrite® mat	The recorded GAITrite® data consisted of: gait speed : in (cm/s); cadence: in (steps/min); step time and cycle time : in (s); step length and stride length : in (cm)	The outcome measure is assessed at inclusion

Collaborators and Investigators

• Sponsor: University Hospital, Strasbourg, France

Study record dates

Study Major Dates

• Study Start (Actual): March 8, 2024
• Primary Completion (Estimated): March 1, 2025
• Study Completion (Estimated): March 8, 2025

Study Registration Dates

• First Submitted: April 4, 2024
• First Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 8, 2024
• First Posted (Actual): July 9, 2024

Study Record Updates

• Last Update Posted (Actual): July 9, 2024
• Last Update Submitted That Met QC Criteria: July 8, 2024
• Last Verified: April 1, 2024

More Information

Terms related to this study

• Keywords: Rehabilitation; Older adults; Gait Analysis; Hospitalization; Accidental Falls
• Other Study ID Numbers: 9242

Drug and device information, study documents

• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated drug product: No
• Studies a U.S. FDA-regulated device product: No