Additional identifiers
EudraCT number
ClinicalTrials.gov number
Protocol/serial number
831015
Study information
Scientific title
Acronym
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
Hospitals
Trial type
Prevention
Patient information sheet
Condition
Orthopaedics, rheumatology, gerentology
Intervention
Subjects will be randomly assigned to either a control or study group:
1. The study group will wear hip protectors developed in Australia for a year
2. The control group will not
Intervention type
Other
Phase
Not Specified
Drug names
Primary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Secondary outcome measures
Not provided at time of registration
Overall trial start date
01/01/2002
Overall trial end date
01/01/2003
Reason abandoned
Eligibility
Participant inclusion criteria
1. Patients residing in non-acute HA long-term care institutions that are at risk from falls and are ambulant
2. Elderly patients of 70 years or older, with a previous history of falling and who are not bed-ridden
Participant type
Patient
Age group
Not Specified
Gender
Not Specified
Target number of participants
Not provided at time of registration
Participant exclusion criteria
Not provided at time of registration
Recruitment start date
01/01/2002
Recruitment end date
01/01/2003
Locations
Countries of recruitment
Hong Kong
Trial participating centre
Department of Medicine & Therapeutics
Shatin
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Hong Kong
Sponsor information
Organisation
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (China)
Sponsor details
Health Welfare and Food Bureau
Government Secretariat
HKSAR
20th floor Murray Building
Garden Road
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Hong Kong
+852 (0)2973 8288
hsrf@hwfb.gov.hk
Sponsor type
Government
Website
http://www.fhb.gov.hk/grants/english/funds/funds_hhsrf/funds_hhsrf_abt/funds_hhsrf_abt.html
Funders
Funder type
Research organisation
Funder name
Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
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
Results - basic reporting
Publication summary
2003 results in http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/sites/entrez?Db=pubmed&Cmd=ShowDetailView&TermToSearch=12625661
Publication citations
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Results
Woo J, Sum C, Yiu HH, Ip K, Chung L, Ho L, Efficacy of a specially designed hip protector for hip fracture prevention and compliance with use in elderly Hong Kong Chinese., Clin Rehabil, 2003, 17, 2, 203-205.