Proximity Alarms to Reduce Patient Falls

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Aging

In brief

The purpose of this study is to test an intervention to introduce and implement proximity alarms on the risk of falls in hospitalized patients.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT00183053

Run by

National Institute on Aging (NIA)

People needed

10000

Starts

2006-05-01

Expected to finish

2007-10-01

Last updated by the study team

2009-11-02

Who can join

Age: any. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Patient admitted to one of 16 study units at Methodist University Hospital

Where it is running

• Methodist-University Hospital — Memphis, Tennessee, United States

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