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Comprehensive Intervention for Falls Prevention in the Elderly

The recruitment status of this study is unknown because the information has not been verified recently.
Verified December 2006 by Soroka University Medical Center.
Recruitment status was  Recruiting
Sponsor:
Information provided by:
Soroka University Medical Center
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT00413933
First received: December 19, 2006
Last updated: April 12, 2010
Last verified: December 2006
History of Changes
  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

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Open Label
Primary Purpose: Prevention

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Falls
U.S. FDA Resources

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:
    Procedure: Comprehensive Multidisciplinary Intervention
    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

No publications provided

Responsible Party: Yan Press, SorokaUMC
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT00413933     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: sor444506ctil
Study First Received: December 19, 2006
Last Updated: April 12, 2010
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 May 23, 2013