Prevention of fall incidents in patients with a high risk of fallin; a multidiciplinairy study on the effects of transmural health care comopared to usual care.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON25662

Enrollment

600

Registered

2005-08-17

Start date

2005-04-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

falling

Interventions

The intervention consists of identifying modifiable fall risk facotrs followed by an individually composed treatment aiming at reducing the identified risk factors.

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Communitiy-dwelling elderly who recently fell (less than 3 months ago); 2. Aged 65 and older; 3. Mobile; 4. Living in the vecinity of the VU medical centre.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Unable to go to the VU medical centre; 2. Unalbe to sign informed consent; 3. Unable to complete a questionnaire or interview; 4. Fall is caused by a traffic accident.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Time to first and time to second fall.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Performance on functional lower extremity tests.	—

Contacts

Public ContactP. Lips

VU Medical Center, Department of Endocrinology, P.O. Box 7057

p.lips@vumc.nl+31 (0)20 4440614

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)