to Elaborate a New Simple Clinical Tool for the Risk of Falls Among Older Inpatients.
Conditions
Keywords
assessment; falls; older adults; prediction scale; standardized declaration
Brief summary
The primary objective of this study is to elaborate a new simple clinical tool for the risk of falls among older inpatients.
Detailed description
Falling is a common event within hospitals, with a rate calculated between 2.9-13 per 1,000 bed-days . Falls lead to prolonged length of hospital stays (LHS). The first step of an efficient and cost-effectiveness strategy of fall prevention is the screening of individuals at higher risk of falls. Recently, a brief geriatric assessment (BGA) composed of a few number of items has demonstrated to successfully predict the risk of prolonged LHS (5). We hypothesized that the use of the BGA items would make it possible to predict the occurrence of falls among older inpatients.
Interventions
None listed
Sponsors
University Hospital, Angers
Study design
Observational model
COHORT
Time perspective
PROSPECTIVE
Eligibility
Sex/Gender
ALL
Age
65 Years to No maximum
Healthy volunteers
No
Inclusion criteria
* Age ≥ 65 years * participants who did not issue opposition to participation in the study * Patients hospitalized at the University Hospital of Angers in acute care units participating in study * Being affiliated to a social security regime
Exclusion criteria
* Opposition to the use of information collected for research purposes. * Age \< 65 years
Design outcomes
Primary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Clinical characteristics (i.e., Brief geriatric assessment items) | recorded at baseline when older adult were admited to acute care units. |
Secondary
| Measure | Time frame |
|---|---|
| Occurrence of falls | assessed between 2 and 21 hospitalization days |
| Number of falls | assessed between 2 and 21 hospitalization days |
| Severity of falls | assessed between 2 and 21 hospitalization days |
Countries
France
Outcome results
None listed