NCT00817869

The HIP-HOP Flooring Study: Helping Injury Prevention in Hospitalised Older People

Pilot Cluster Randomised Controlled Trial of Flooring to Reduce Injuries From Falls in Elderly Care Units

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 571 (actual)
• Sponsor: University of Portsmouth · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

In hospitals, older people can fall and hurt themselves. The investigators want to see if a new type of flooring can help stop people hurting themselves as badly, if they accidentally fall.

Detailed description

We will carry out the study in eight elderly care wards across England. We will first study the wards for up to 6 months. Then, half of the wards will have the new floor laid. Wards will be chosen to receive the new floor, or remain with a standard floor, by chance. The new floor has 'shock-absorbent' properties. We will study all the wards for another 12 months. This will allow us to compare the new flooring with the normal flooring.

Conditions

• Accidental Falls

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	New flooring	8.3mm thick vinyl floor covering with foam backing, manufactured by Tarkett and installed by Tyndale Flooring Ltd.

Timeline

• Start date: 2010-04-01
• Primary completion: 2011-08-01
• Completion: 2011-08-01
• First posted: 2009-01-07
• Last updated: 2014-12-02

Locations

8 sites across 1 country: United Kingdom