Clinical trialNCT00590746CompletedObservational

Bedside Assessment of Fall Risk in Emergency Department Elders

SponsorJeffrey CaterinoEnrollment53Accidental Falls

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Summary

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The purpose of this study is to assess the risk for falls among elderly Emergency Department (ED) patients.This study will use 2 tests of balance, the Bertec Balance Screening Test and the "Up and Go" test. These tests measure how steady a person is while standing, walking, and turning 180 degrees. After patients have returned home, they will be contacted at 7 days, 30 days and 6 months to determine if they have sustained a fall during these intervals in order to find out how predictive the balance tests are in determining the risk of future falls.

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Investigators

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Jeffrey M Caterino, MD
Ohio State University
Principal Investigator
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Sites

1 registered facility, with the per-site recruitment status where the registry publishes one. ClinicalTrials.gov does not publish per-site enrollment counts.

United States

the Ohio State University Medical Center Emergency Department
Columbus, Ohio, United States

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Drugs studied

No drug or biological interventions are in our data for this study. It may test a procedure, device or behavioral intervention, or the intervention list isn't in our current snapshot. See the registry record ↗. Why? →

Registration & key dates

Registry attributes as recorded on the ClinicalTrials.gov study record.

Start: 31 Dec 2007
Primary completion: 31 Oct 2008
Completion: 30 Sept 2009
Last update posted: 13 Feb 2014
Registered enrollment: 53
Registry id: NCT00590746

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