Prevention of Fall Injury Trial

Conditions

Fall-related injuries Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning Falls

Hossain A, Lall R, Ji C, Bruce J, Underwood M, Lamb SE.

2023-10-021 citations

10.1186/s12874-023-02040-1

Falls and fracture risk screening in primary care: update and validation of a postal screening tool for community dwelling older adults recruited to UK Prevention of Falls Injury Trial (PreFIT)

Julie Bruce, Anower Hossain, Chen Ji, Ranjit Lall, Susanne Arnold et al. (8 authors)

BMC Geriatrics2023-01-235 citations

10.1186/s12877-022-03649-5

Fall prevention interventions in primary care to reduce fractures and falls in people aged 70 years and over: the PreFIT three-arm cluster RCT

Julie Bruce, Anower Hossain, Ranjit Lall, Emma Withers, Susanne Finnegan et al. (21 authors)

Health Technology Assessment2021-05-0132 citations

10.3310/hta25340

Screening and Intervention to Prevent Falls and Fractures in Older People

Sarah E Lamb, Julie Bruce, Md. Anower Hossain, Chen Ji, Roberta Longo et al. (13 authors)

New England Journal of Medicine2020-11-04118 citations

10.1056/nejmoa2001500

The importance of different frailty domains in a population based sample in England.

Arnadottir SA, Bruce J, Lall R, Withers EJ, Underwood M, Shaw F, Sheridan R, Hossain A, Lamb SE, Pre-FIT Study Group.

2020-01-1511 citations

10.1186/s12877-019-1411-9

Interventions

Current interventions as of 18/04/2018: Three arms: 1. Written advice 2. Written advice plus structured exercise 3. Written advice plus multi-factorial fall prevention (MFFP) The total duration of fo

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

All

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Current inclusion criteria as of 18/04/2018: 1. Registered with a collaborating practice 2. Aged over 70 years 3. Living in the community, including living in sheltered or supported accommodation 4. Able to provided informed written consent Previous inclusion criteria: 1. Registered with a collaborating practice 2. Aged over 70 years, either sex 3. Living in the community, either alone, or with family/relative, friend or carer, or in sheltered accomodation

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Current exclusion criteria as of 18/04/2018: 1. Patients living in residential nursing/care homes 2. Limited life expectancy (<6 months) 3. Anything that in the GP’s opinion would place the patient at an increased risk or preclude full compliance or completion of the study Previous exclusion criteria: Patients living in residential nursing/care homes

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Current primary outcome measures as of 18/04/2018: Fracture, data will be collected at 4, 8, 12 and 18 (updated 13/08/2015: was previously 12) months Previous primary outcome measures: Peripheral fracture, data will be collected at 4, 8 and 18 (updated 13/08/2015: was previously 12) months.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Current secondary outcome measures as of 18/04/2018: 1. Falls rate per person years of observation 2. Health related quality of life 3. Mortality Data will be collected at 4, 8, 12 and 18 (updated 13/08/2015: was previously 12) months. Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Time to first fracture 2. Falls rate per person years of observation 3. Health related quality of life 4. Mortality Data will be collected at 4, 8 and 18 (updated 13/08/2015: was previously 12) months.	—

Measure

Time frame

Current secondary outcome measures as of 18/04/2018: 1. Falls rate per person years of observation 2. Health related quality of life 3. Mortality Data will be collected at 4, 8, 12 and 18 (updated 13/08/2015: was previously 12) months. Previous secondary outcome measures: 1. Time to first fracture 2. Falls rate per person years of observation 3. Health related quality of life 4. Mortality Data will be collected at 4, 8 and 18 (updated 13/08/2015: was previously 12) months.

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Countries

England, United Kingdom

Outcome results

None listed