Research Into Risk Factors for Hospitalization Following a Fall in Older Patients

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT06493201

Acronym

FDR-HPC

Enrollment

Registered

2024-07-09

Start date

2024-03-08

Completion date

2025-03-08

Last updated

2024-07-09

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Conditions

Accidental Falls

Keywords

Accidental Falls, Older adults, Gait Analysis, Hospitalization, Rehabilitation

Brief summary

Every year, a considerable number of older people fall, with a variety of consequences. These falls can lead to hospitalization, with consequent adverse effects on these people, as well as a significant cost to society. The risk factors for falls themselves are well identified, but not those that lead to hospitalizations in older people who all fall. Some risk factors, such as age, cannot be modified. With a view to preventing hospitalizations in older patients who fall, The investigators aimed to identify functional, and therefore modifiable, risk factors for hospitalizations in patients who fall, such as gait parameters. The investigators hope that the results of this study will lead to early identification of the risk of hospitalization in these patients and thus to appropriate rehabilitation as early as possible to limit this risk.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to No maximum

Inclusion criteria

* Patient over 65 years old * Patient having had at least one fall * Patient able to walk without human assistance * Hospitalized at the geriatrics center or seen in fall consultation at the Strasbourg University Hospital during the period from 05/01/2023 to 01/31/2024

Exclusion criteria

\- Subject (and/or their legal representative if applicable) having expressed their (their) opposition to the reuse of their data

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Gait parameters assessed using the GAITrite® mat	The outcome measure is assessed at inclusion	The recorded GAITrite® data consisted of: * gait speed : in (cm/s) * cadence: in (steps/min) * step time and cycle time : in (s) * step length and stride length : in (cm)

Countries

France

Contacts

Primary ContactElise SCHMITT, MD

elise.schmitt@chru-strasbourg.fr33 3 88 12 74 47

Outcome results