NCT00226486

Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall

Examination and Treatment of Elderly After a Fall- an Analysis in a Medical Technology Evaluation Perspective

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 392 (actual)
• Sponsor: Glostrup University Hospital, Copenhagen · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

Falls and injurious falls are common among elderly people. The aim of the study is to test a model of multifactorial fall intervention in a Danish population of elderly sustaining a fall. Focus is on prevention of further falls, patients views on fall prevention and a cost-effectiveness analysis.

Conditions

• Accidental Falls

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	multifactorial intervention	Identification of medical, cardiovascular, physical risk factors for falls; e.g. vision, drug-use, depression, carotid sinus syndrome, orthostatic hypotension, etc. Individual intervention; treatment of disease, drug review, pacemaker, exercises, new glasses, all if indicated.
OTHER	Usual care	No intervention, but ususal care after an accidental fall.

Timeline

• Start date: 2005-09-01
• Primary completion: 2008-03-01
• Completion: 2008-03-01
• First posted: 2005-09-27
• Last updated: 2008-08-21

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Denmark