Status:
TERMINATED
Safe and Well Visits by the Fire and Rescue Service to Prevent Falls and Improve Quality of Life in Older People
Lead Sponsor:
Caroline Fairhurst
Collaborating Sponsors:
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
Leicestershire Partnership NHS Trust
Conditions:
Accidental Fall
Quality of Life
Eligibility:
All Genders
65+ years
Phase:
NA
Brief Summary
FIREFLI is a large, pragmatic, individually randomised, controlled trial with embedded economic and qualitative evaluations. The aim of the research is to see whether Safe and Well Visits delivered by...
Detailed Description
The Fire and Rescue Services routinely carry out around 670,000 fire safety check visits in England each year in people's homes. The aim of these 'Safe and Well Visits' is to reduce fire risks, suppor...
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion
- Main FIREFLI trial
- Men and women aged 65 years and over in the Humberside FRS area or aged 79 and over in the Kent Fire and Rescue Service (FRS) area
- Community dwelling
- Willing to receive a SWV from the FRS
Exclusion
- Living in a residential or nursing home
- Bed bound
- Unable to give informed consent to take part in the study and living alone
- Had an occupational therapist (OT) visit within the past 12 months
- Received a SWV from the FRS in the past three years
- Have been referred to the FRS as an urgent referral
- For those participants who have been sent a recruitment pack directly from York Trials Unit (YTU) in response to advertising or hearing about the study, as opposed to receiving an invitation and recruitment pack via the mail out from the FRS, a further eligibility check is required to see if the participant is eligible for a Safe and Well Visit by the FRS. In these circumstances, there is another exclusion criterion: Not eligible for a Safe and Well Visit with the FRS.
- Recruitment Study within a trial (SWAT)
- Inclusion criteria Any patient identified by the Fire and Rescue Service as eligible to receive a FIREFLI trial invitation pack.
- Retention SWAT Inclusion criteria For logistical reasons, all participants due to be sent a four month questionnaire will be randomised into the SWAT. However, only those sent a four month questionnaire reminder letter will be included in the analysis.
- Exclusion criteria Participants who withdraw from follow-up before their four month questionnaire is due and those for whom it is not necessary to send a reminder letter will be excluded from the SWAT.
Key Trial Info
Start Date :
January 6 2022
Trial Type :
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation :
ACTUAL
End Date :
July 10 2023
Estimated Enrollment :
63 Patients enrolled
Trial Details
Trial ID
NCT04717258
Start Date
January 6 2022
End Date
July 10 2023
Last Update
June 4 2025
Active Locations (2)
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1
Humberside Fire and Rescue Service
Hull, East Yorkshire, United Kingdom, HU4 7BB
2
Kent Fire and Rescue Service
Maidstone, Kent, United Kingdom, ME15 6XB