Status:
COMPLETED
Falls - Tailoring Interventions for Patient Safety
Lead Sponsor:
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Collaborating Sponsors:
Robert Wood Johnson Foundation
Massachusetts General Hospital
Conditions:
Patient Falls
Eligibility:
All Genders
18-110 years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
The goal of our project is to prevent patient falls by translating an individual patient's fall risk assessment into a decision support intervention that communicates fall risk status, and creates a t...
Detailed Description
Patient falls are defined as "patients who experience an unplanned descent to the floor". Patient falls in hospitals are a key safety issue and represent the most frequently reported adverse event in ...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- 2 units per hospital for participation. One unit will be randomized to receive the intervention; the other will serve as a control. Non-specialty (medical) units and units with similar types of patients and fall rates (fall rates higher than hospital mean).
- Identify focus group/interview participants. Interdisciplinary staff members. Selection criteria: nurses, nursing assistants and other providers (12 total more heavily weighted w/nursing staff) to participate in the study focus groups.
- Patients who have fallen (4 patients at each hospital) for participation in phone interview.
- Patients for analysis must be adults admitted to intervention units.
Exclusion
- Anyone who does not meet criteria above.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
September 1 2007
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
August 1 2009
Estimated Enrollment :
10264 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT00675935
Start Date
September 1 2007
End Date
August 1 2009
Last Update
July 17 2024
Active Locations (2)
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Massachusetts General Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02114
2
Brigham and Women's Hospital
Boston, Massachusetts, United States, 02115