Status:

TERMINATED

Comprehensive Intervention for Falls Prevention in the Elderly

Lead Sponsor:

Soroka University Medical Center

Conditions:

Accidental Falls

Eligibility:

All Genders

65+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether the comprehensive multidisciplinary intervention (geriatrician, physical therapist and occupational therapist falls risk assessment and intervention)i...

Detailed Description

Falls and related injuries among elderly people are a major public health problem worldwide.All older people with recurrent falls or assessed as being at increased risk of falling should be considered...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • 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

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

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

April 1 2008

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

June 1 2011

Estimated Enrollment :

8 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT00413933

Start Date

April 1 2008

End Date

June 1 2011

Last Update

April 21 2016

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Department of Family Medicine, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ben Gurion University of the Negev

Beersheba, Israel

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