Community falls prevention for people who call an emergency ambulance after a fall

ISRCTN	ISRCTN67535605
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN67535605
Protocol serial number	Version 2
Sponsor	University of Nottingham (UK)
Funders	Department of Health (UK), College of Occupational Therapy (UK)

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Statistical analysis plan

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Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr Philippa Anne Logan
Scientific

B99, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing
Medical School
Queens Medical Centre Campus
Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom

Email	pip.logan@nottingham.ac.uk

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised two armed controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
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
Study objectives	The hypothesis was that falls prevention rehabilitation would reduce the falls rate over 12 months compared to usual practice.
Ethics approval(s)	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)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	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
Primary outcome measure(s)	Rate of falls over 12 months measured using a falls diary
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	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
Completion date	30/11/2006

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	200
Key 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
Key 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
Date of first enrolment	01/09/2005
Date of final enrolment	30/11/2006

B99, Division of Rehabilitation and Ageing

Nottingham
NG7 2UH
United Kingdom

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	11/05/2010		Yes	No
Other publications	economic evaluation	01/09/2012		Yes	No
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes