Strategies to Reduce Injuries and Develop Confidence in Elders

Completed · Phase 3

Conditions studied: Accidental Falls, Wounds and Injuries

In brief

The aim of this pragmatic cluster-randomized trial is to determine the effectiveness of an evidence-based, patient-centered multifactorial fall injury prevention strategy in community dwelling older adults at risk of falls recruited from 86 primary care practices around the U.S.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT02475850

Run by

Brigham and Women's Hospital

People needed

5451

Starts

2015-08-01

Expected to finish

2020-01-01

Last updated by the study team

2021-03-03

Who can join

Age: 70 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: not accepted.

You may qualify if…

• The patient is at least 70 years of age.
• The patient must answer 'yes' to one or more of the following questions:
• Have you fallen and hurt yourself in the past year?
• Have you fallen 2 or more times in the past year?
• Are you afraid that you might fall because of balance or walking problems?

You may not qualify if…

• The patient is enrolled in hospice.
• The patient resides in a nursing home.
• The patient is not capable of providing informed consent (or assent), and a proxy is not available.
• The patient does not speak English or Spanish

Where it is running

• Healthcare Partners — Torrance, California, United States
• University of Iowa Health Alliance — Des Moines, Iowa, United States
• Johns Hopkins Medicine — Baltimore, Maryland, United States
• Partners Healthcare — Boston, Massachusetts, United States
• Reliant Medical Group — Worcester, Massachusetts, United States
• University of Michigan — Ann Arbor, Michigan, United States
• Essentia Health — Duluth, Minnesota, United States
• Mt Sinai Health System — New York, New York, United States
• University of Pittsburgh — Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, United States
• University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston — Galveston, Texas, United States

Full record on ClinicalTrials.gov

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