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| Name | Class |
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| Ministry of the Interior and Health, Denmark | OTHER_GOV |
Falls and injurious falls are common among elderly people. The aim of the study is to test a model of multifactorial fall intervention in a Danish population of elderly sustaining a fall. Focus is on prevention of further falls, patients views on fall prevention and a cost-effectiveness analysis.
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| Label | Type | Description | Intervention Names |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Experimental | Identification of individual risk factors for falls and specified intervention aimed diminishing these risk factors in the individual. |
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| 2 | Placebo Comparator | Usual care |
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| Name | Type | Description | Arm Group Labels | Other Names |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| multifactorial intervention | Other | Identification of medical, cardiovascular, physical risk factors for falls; e.g. vision, drug-use, depression, carotid sinus syndrome, orthostatic hypotension, etc. Individual intervention; treatment of disease, drug review, pacemaker, exercises, new glasses, all if indicated. |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Number of falls and injurious falls in 12 months |
| Measure | Description | Time Frame |
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| Health related Quality of Life | ||
| Fear of falling | ||
| Dependence |
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| Name | Affiliation | Role |
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| Ane B Vind, Dr. | Glostrup University Hospital | Principal Investigator |
| Facility | Status | City | State | ZIP | Country | Contacts |
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| Department of Geriatrics, Amtssygehuset i Glostrup | Glostrup Municipality | 2600 | Denmark |
| PubMed Identifier | Type | Citation | Retractions |
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| 19934621 | Derived | Vind AB, Andersen HE, Pedersen KD, Joergensen T, Schwarz P. Effect of a program of multifactorial fall prevention on health-related quality of life, functional ability, fear of falling and psychological well-being. A randomized controlled trial. Aging Clin Exp Res. 2010 Jun;22(3):249-54. doi: 10.1007/BF03324804. Epub 2009 Nov 17. |
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| Usual care | Other | No intervention, but ususal care after an accidental fall. |
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| Use of hospital, primary care etc. |
| Mortality |