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For full trial details, please see the original record at
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00217360
Registration number
NCT00217360
Ethics application status
Date submitted
16/09/2005
Date registered
22/09/2005
Date last updated
4/10/2006
Titles & IDs
Public title
RCT to Reduce Further Falls and Injuries for Older Fallers Presenting to an Emergency Department
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Scientific title
RCT to Evaluate the Effectiveness of a Targeted and Personalised Multifactorial Program to Reduce Further Falls and Injuries for Community-Dwelling Older Fallers Presenting to and Being Discharged Directly From an Emergency Department.
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HREC 2001.034
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Health condition
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied:
Accidental Falls
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Study type
Interventional
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Outcomes
Primary outcome [1]
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To evaluate the effectiveness of a customised multifactorial intervention in reducing falls and falls related injury rates, compared to "usual care".
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Secondary outcome [1]
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To accurately identify the circumstances, contributory factors and consequences of falls for older people presenting to Emergency Departments following a fall.
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To evaluate the effectiveness of the intervention program in improving secondary health and well-being measures, including physical, psychological (fear of falling, depression), and quality of life indices.
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To identify the physical, functional, and cognitive (executive function) parameters most strongly associated with good outcomeTo conduct an economic evaluation of the interventions and outcomes.
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To provide guidelines for future management of high risk older people presenting to Emergency departments.
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Eligibility
Key inclusion criteria
* presenting to the Emergency Department with the primary cause of presentation being a fall; aged 60 years or older;
* discharged directly home following emergency care; living in the community or a retirement village; willing to take part in the study;
* able to provide informed consent or has consent provided by a third party; able to comply with simple instructions;
* able to walk independently indoors with or without a gait aid.
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Minimum age
60
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Maximum age
No limit
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Sex
Both males and females
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Can healthy volunteers participate?
No
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Key exclusion criteria
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Randomised controlled trial
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Intervention assignment
Parallel
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Recruitment
Recruitment status
UNKNOWN
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Date of first participant enrolment
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1/12/2002
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Recruitment in Australia
Recruitment state(s)
VIC
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National Ageing Research Institute - Melbourne
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3052 - Melbourne
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Funding & Sponsors
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National Ageing Research Institute, Australia
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Summary
Brief summary
This project is called "Falls Aren't Us" and aimed at evaluating the effectiveness of a customised falls prevention program for people aged 60 and over who were presented to the hospital Emergency Department following a fall and being discharged home. Recruitment for this randomized controlled trial has commenced in late December 2002 from several major public hospitals in the western, southern, and northern parts of Melbourne Metropolitan Region. Consented participants will receive a comprehensive falls risk assessment within one week of being discharged home from the Emergency Department and at twelve month following this initial assessment. Their falls risks will be monitored for twelve months through a falls diary. Following randomization, participants in the intervention group will receive a customised falls prevention program in addition to the usual care being put in place from the hospital Emergency Department.
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Trial website
https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00217360
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Keith D Hill, PhD
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National Ageing Research Institute
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Contact person for public queries
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Irene Blackberry, MB, PhD
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[email protected]
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Contact person for scientific queries
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https://clinicaltrials.gov/study/NCT00217360
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