Preventing further falls and functional decline among elderly persons presented to the accident and emergency (A&E) department with a fall: randomised controlled trial.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20280

Enrollment

333

Registered

2005-08-12

Start date

2002-12-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

(Injurious) falls

Interventions

1. Patients in the intervention group underwent a detailed medical and occupational-therapy assessment with referral to relevant services if indicated

2. Those assigned to the control group received usual care only.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Age 65 years or older, community-dwelling, having visited the A&E department or GP cooperative at the University Hospital Maastricht for the consequences of a fall, and living in Maastricht or its surrounding area. People were only allowed to enter the programme after completing and returning an informed consent form.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: Not able to speak or understand Dutch, Not able to complete questionnaires or interviews by telephone, Cognitive impairment (a score of less than 4 on the Abbreviated Mental Test 4 (AMT 4), Long-term admission to a hospital or other institution (more than four weeks from the date of inclusion), Permanently bedridden, or fully dependent on a wheelchair.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
1. Effect evaluation: Falls, functional decline; 2. Economic evaluation: programme costs, healthcare costs and patient and family costs. 2a. Cost Effectiveness Analysis: percentage of people sustaining a fall during one year of follow-up. 2b.Cost Utility Analysis: generic health-related quality of life descriptions, measured according to the standard Dutch version of the EuroQol (EQ 5-D).	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
1. Recuperation from the fall, health complaints, perceived health measured by means of the first two items of the RAND-36; 2. ADL and IADL disability measured by means of the GARS (Groningen Activity Restriction Scale); 3. Mental health measured by means of the HADS (Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale); 4. Quality of life measured by means of the European Quality of Life instrument (EuroQol).	—

Contacts

Public ContactMarike Hendriks

University Maastricht (UM), P.O. Box 616

m.hendriks@zw.unimaas.nl+31 (0)43 3882204

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)