Preventing falls in hospital: a randomised controlled trial of patient and staff training

Preventing falls among older hospital inpatients: a randomised controlled trial of patient and staff training

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

ANZCTR

Registry ID

ACTRN12605000467639

Enrollment

3000

Registered

2005-09-23

Start date

2003-10-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2020-01-13

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

3 months of patient and staff training provided by a physiotherapist and registered nurse.

Study design

Allocation

Randomised controlled trial

Intervention model

Parallel

Primary purpose

Prevention

Masking

Open (masking not used)

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Age

0 to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

Randomisation is by ward rather than individual and all patients on participating wards are study subjects.

Exclusion criteria

No exclusion criteria

Outcome results