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NCT Number: NCT01483456

Impact of Multidisciplinary Program on Falls in Elderly Inpatients

Falls among elderly inpatients are common, multifactorial and associated with a significant increase of complications and morbidity. According to a recent Cochrane review, the effectiveness of fall prevention program has been assessed in community-dwelling and in long stay wards but not in rehabilitation wards (RW) and geriatric acute wards (GAW). IPR study aims to measure the impact of a multidisciplinary prevention program on falls in elderly inpatients.

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Key information

Conditions

Falls Among Elderly Inpatients

Age range

65 year and older

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Interventional

Phase

Not applicable

Primary location

Centre Hospitalier Gériatrique du Mont d'Or, Albigny-sur-Saône, France

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Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: No

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Male or female subject aged over 65 years
  • Admitted during the study
  • Participation agreement

Exclusion criteria

  • Patients with a MMSE<10 and incapable to participate to a reeducation program
  • Patient with an evolutionary and\\or badly checked psychiatric pathology
  • Bedridden patient

Treatment and study plan

The multidisciplinary prevention program called "IPR" (in French "Identifier, Prévenir, Relever")

Other

The intervention is a multidisciplinary program of fall prevention including 3 complementary interventions which focus on several stages of elderly inpatient management:

  • Identification of patient's fall risk,
  • Multifactorial fall prevention program (integrated actions targeted on risk factors, exercise programs and review of the hospital environment),
  • "Get up" workshop and morbidity and mortality conferences related to fall cases

Primary outcomes

  1. Incidence of falls among elderly inpatients

    Time frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum

Secondary outcomes

  1. Incidence of fall-related mortality

    Time frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum

  2. Incidence of fall-related

    Time frame: patients will be followed for the duration of hospital stay, 15 months maximum

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

Hospices Civils de Lyon

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Registry information

Official study title

A Multidisciplinary Program for Preventing Falls "Identify, Prevent and Get up": Impact on Falls in Elderly Inpatients

Acronym: IPR

Important dates

Study start
2011
Primary completion
2014
Study completion
2014
First posted
Dec 1, 2011
Registry last updated
Sep 4, 2025

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