None listed
Conditions
Brief summary
Low-low beds are a type of bed that can be lowered closer to the floor than regular hospital beds. This study investigates whether providing some of these low-low beds to hospital wards can assist in preventing accidental falls.
Interventions
Low-low beds are beds that are able to be lowered very close to the ground. Regular hospital beds cannot lower as close to the ground as low-low beds. Being nursed in a low-low bed makes it more difficult for people with delirium and gait instability to put themselves at risk of falling without resorting to using physical restraints. The model of low-low beds being used is the commercially available Huntleigh Healthcare "Sorrento" model. The intervention wards will be observed without any low
Low-low beds are beds that are able to be lowered very close to the ground. Regular hospital beds cannot lower as close to the ground as low-low beds. Being nursed in a low-low bed makes it more difficult for people with delirium and gait instability to put themselves at risk of falling without resorting to using physical restraints. The model of low-low beds being used is the commercially available Huntleigh Healthcare "Sorrento" model. The intervention wards will be observed without any low-low beds for 6 months, then they will have the low-low beds for a period of 6 months. The intervention wards will receive 1 low-low bed for every 12 regular beds they have on a ward.
Sponsors
Dr Terry Haines
Study design
Allocation
Randomised controlled trial
Intervention model
Parallel
Primary purpose
Prevention
Masking
Open (masking not used)
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
All
Age
18 Years to 110 Years
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
Wards cannot already have access to low-low beds and must respond to the expression of interest distributed by project investigators.
Exclusion criteria
Paediatric, intensive care and maternity wards will be excluded.
Outcome results
None listed