Comprehensive Intervention for Falls Prevention in the Elderly

This study is currently recruiting participants.

Verified by Soroka University Medical Center, December 2006

Sponsored by:	Soroka University Medical Center
Information provided by:	Soroka University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00413933

Purpose

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the comprehensive multidisciplinary intervention (geriatrician, physical therapist and occupational therapist falls risk assessment and intervention)is effective in the falls prevention in the community dwelling elderly.

Condition	Intervention
Accidental Falls	Procedure: Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Intervention

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Study Type:	Interventional
Study Design:	Prevention, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Parallel Assignment, Efficacy Study

Further study details as provided by Soroka University Medical Center:

Primary Outcome Measures:

number of falls [ Time Frame: 4 and 12 monthes ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment:	200
Study Start Date:	April 2008
Estimated Primary Completion Date:	August 2009 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)

Intervention Details:

Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Intervention

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Eligibility

Ages Eligible for Study:	65 Years and older
Genders Eligible for Study:	Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:	No

Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

Living in Beer Sheva or Ofakim , Israel
Members of Clalit HMO
1 or more falls in past 12 month (self-reported)
Age 65 or more
Mobile outdoors without wheelchair

Exclusion Criteria:

Seriously ill patients - as dyspnea with light exercise, unstable heart disease
MMSE less than 18

Contacts and Locations

Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT00413933

Contacts

Contact: Yan Press, MD

972-8-6407740

yanp@zahav.net.il

Locations

Israel
Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev	Recruiting
Beer- Sheva, Israel
Contact: Yan Press, MD 972-50-6263903 yanp@zahav.net.il
Principal Investigator: Yan Press, MD

Sponsors and Collaborators

Soroka University Medical Center

Investigators

Principal Investigator:

Yan Press, MD

Ben-Gurion University of the Negev

More Information

Responsible Party:	SorokaUMC ( Yan Press )
Study ID Numbers:	sor444506ctil
Study First Received:	December 19, 2006
Last Updated:	April 25, 2008
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:	NCT00413933
Health Authority:	Israel: Ministry of Health

Keywords provided by Soroka University Medical Center:

falls
prevention
elderly
multidisciplinary intervention
health care utilization

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on January 14, 2009