NCT03614897

Prevention of Falls in the Elderly Population

Completed NA Results posted Last updated 31 July 2024

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Education in Accidental Falls in 43 participants. Completed in 22 January 2020.

Timeline

9 February 2018

Primary endpoint
22 January 2020

22 January 2020

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	The Guthrie Clinic
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	na
Design	single group
Masking	none
Primary purpose	prevention
Enrollment	43
Start date	9 February 2018
Primary completion	22 January 2020
Estimated completion	22 January 2020
Sites	1 location across United States

Drugs / interventions tested

• Education

Conditions studied

• Accidental Falls — all drugs for Accidental Falls →

Sponsor

The Guthrie Clinic

Who can join

18 and older, any sex, with Accidental Falls. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Results — posted to ClinicalTrials.gov

Per-arm endpoint measurements with 95% confidence intervals where reported. Source: trial results section.

Change in Mean Survey Score for Providers' Self-reported View on Vitamin Deficiency as a Cause of Falls Primary · 1year

Absolute change in mean survey score before and after education for providers' view on vitamin D deficiency as a cause of falls. The scale is a likert scale from 1-5: 1 important, 2 somewhat important, 3 neither important nor important, 4 somewhat important, 5 unimportant.

Group	Value	95% CI
Pre-education	4.23	± 0.51
Post-education	3.44	± 0.96

Sponsor's own description

An educational intervention will be utilized to improve care following guidelines for treating individuals at risk of falling. A survey will be administered to providers pre and post education.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.