Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
NHMRC Grant No. 98/31401
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
SAFIRE
Study hypothesis
Not provided at time of registration
Ethics approval
Not provided at time of registration
Study design
Randomised controlled trial
Primary study design
Interventional
Secondary study design
Randomised controlled trial
Trial setting
Not specified
Trial type
Not Specified
Patient information sheet
Condition
Strokes and falls
Intervention
To assess whether outreach visits would improve the implementation of evidence based clinical practice in the area of falls reduction and stroke prevention in a residential care setting.
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measure
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2003
Overall trial end date
31/12/2003
Reason abandoned (if study stopped)
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
Patients in residential care
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Senior
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
348
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2003
Recruitment end date
31/12/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Australia
Trial participating centre
Repatriation General Hospital
Adelaide
5041
Australia
Sponsor information
Organisation
Australian National Health and Medical Research Council (Australia)
Sponsor details
Office of NHMRC
GPO Box 9848
Canberra
ACT
2601
Australia
+61 2 6289 1555
research@nhmrc.gov.au
Sponsor type
Government
Website
Funders
Funder type
Research council
Funder name
National Health and Medical Research Council - NHMRC (Australia)
Alternative name(s)
Funding Body Type
Funding Body Subtype
Location
Funder name
Evidence Based Clinical Practice Research Program (Grant No 98/31401)
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
2004 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/15066200
Publication citations
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Results
Crotty M, Whitehead C, Rowett D, Halbert J, Weller D, Finucane P, Esterman A, An outreach intervention to implement evidence based practice in residential care: a randomized controlled trial [ISRCTN67855475]., BMC Health Serv Res, 2004, 4, 1, 6, doi: 10.1186/1472-6963-4-6.