Impact of Multidisciplinary Program on Falls in Elderly Inpatients

A Multidisciplinary Program for Preventing Falls Identify, Prevent and Get up: Impact on Falls in Elderly Inpatients

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01483456

Acronym

IPR

Enrollment

1852

Registered

2011-12-01

Start date

2011-07-31

Completion date

2014-10-31

Last updated

2025-09-04

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Conditions

Falls Among Elderly Inpatients

Keywords

Accidental falls, safety management, aged, inpatient, stepped wedge design

Brief summary

Falls among elderly inpatients are common, multifactorial and associated with a significant increase of complications and morbidity. According to a recent Cochrane review, the effectiveness of fall prevention program has been assessed in community-dwelling and in long stay wards but not in rehabilitation wards (RW) and geriatric acute wards (GAW). IPR study aims to measure the impact of a multidisciplinary prevention program on falls in elderly inpatients.

Interventions

OTHERThe multidisciplinary prevention program called IPR (in French Identifier, Prévenir, Relever)

The intervention is a multidisciplinary program of fall prevention including 3 complementary interventions which focus on several stages of elderly inpatient management: 1. Identification of patient's fall risk, 2. Multifactorial fall prevention program (integrated actions targeted on risk factors, exercise programs and review of the hospital environment), 3. Get up workshop and morbidity and mortality conferences related to fall cases

Study design

Allocation

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Male or female subject aged over 65 years * Admitted during the study * Participation agreement

Exclusion criteria

* Patients with a MMSE\<10 and incapable to participate to a reeducation program * Patient with an evolutionary and\\or badly checked psychiatric pathology * Bedridden patient

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of falls among elderly inpatients	patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of fall-related mortality	patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum
Incidence of fall-related	patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum

Countries

France

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026