Contact information
Type
Scientific
Primary contact
Dr Philippa Anne Logan
ORCID ID
Contact details
B99
Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing
Medical School
Queens Medical Centre Campus
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
pip.logan@nottingham.ac.uk
Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
Version 2
Study information
Scientific title
A randomised controlled trial to compare falls prevention rehabilitation for people who fall and call an emergency ambulance but who are not transported to hospital
Acronym
Study hypothesis
The hypothesis was that falls prevention rehabilitation would reduce the falls rate over 12 months compared to usual practice.
Ethics approval
North Nottinghamshire Local Research Ethic Committee and NHS R&D approval from Nottinghamshire Primary Care Trust granted on 19th July 2005 (ref: 05/Q2402/53)
Study design
Randomised two armed controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Other
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet
Condition
Falls prevention
Intervention
Intervention group: Community falls prevention rehabilitation and normal medical and social care
Control group: Normal medical and social care
Patients will be treated for 6 months and followed-up for 12 months.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Applicable
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Rate of falls over 12 months measured using a falls diary
Secondary outcome measures
Measured at 6 and 12 months:
1. Number of falls
2. Independence in activities of daily living
3. Days to first fall
4. Fear of falling
5. Hospital admissions
6. Number of emergency ambulance calls
Overall trial start date
01/09/2005
Overall trial end date
30/11/2006
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Aged greater than 60 years, either sex
2. Living at home or in care homes in four Nottinghamshire (UK) Primary Care Trusts (PCT)
3. Contacted the East Midlands Ambulance Service (EMAS) through the emergency telephone system because of a fall
4. Had not been transported to hospital
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Both
Target number of participants
200
Participant exclusion criteria
1. Unable to give consent
2. Deemed too ill to participate (e.g. terminally ill)
3. Already in a falls prevention rehabilitation programme
Recruitment start date
01/09/2005
Recruitment end date
30/11/2006
Locations
Countries of recruitment
United Kingdom
Trial participating centre
B99, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom
Sponsor information
Organisation
University of Nottingham (UK)
Sponsor details
Research Innovation Services (RIS)
Kings Meadow Campus
Lenton Lane
Nottingham
NG7 2NR
United Kingdom
paul.cartledge@nottingham.ac.uk
Sponsor type
University/education
Website
Funders
Funder type
Government
Funder name
Department of Health (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
College of Occupational Therapy (UK)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Results and Publications
Publication and dissemination plan
Not provided at time of registration
Intention to publish date
Participant level data
Not provided at time of registration
Basic results (scientific)
Publication list
1. 2010 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/20460331
2. 2012 economic evaluation in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/22695789
Publication citations
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Results
Logan PA, Coupland CA, Gladman JR, Sahota O, Stoner-Hobbs V, Robertson K, Tomlinson V, Ward M, Sach T, Avery AJ, Community falls prevention for people who call an emergency ambulance after a fall: randomised controlled trial., BMJ, 2010, 340, c2102.
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Economic evaluation
Sach TH, Logan PA, Coupland CA, Gladman JR, Sahota O, Stoner-Hobbs V, Robertson K, Tomlinson V, Ward M, Avery AJ, Community falls prevention for people who call an emergency ambulance after a fall: an economic evaluation alongside a randomised controlled trial., Age Ageing, 2012, 41, 5, 635-641, doi: 10.1093/ageing/afs071.