A Service Intervention to Reduce Falls in Hospital

NCT03192384 | Unknown

• 1 other identifier: UoW
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 9
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The head of nursing at University Hospital Coventry and Warwickshire (UHCW) plans to roll out an intervention across groups of hospital wards over the next four months. The intervention is designed to reduce falls as part of quality improvement for the hospital. However, the head of nursing has asked the University of Warwick to help with the scientific evaluation of the intervention - to find out whether and to what extent falls on the wards are reduced by the intervention. The University of Warwick will have two functions:

1. 1.To analyse data on falls to see if there has been a statistically significant drop in fall rates before and after the intervention has been implemented across these groups of wards
2. 2.To determine a random order in which the groups of wards receive the intervention as this will make it easier to distinguish cause and effect.

Conditions

Fall

Keywords

Hospital falls

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Rates of falls per thousand occupied bed days.

  We hypothesize that fall rates will decrease per 1000 Occupied Bed Days

  Fall rates will be collated monthly over a one year period to provide a median of approximately six months pre- and six months post-intervention data points.

Study Arms (2)

Before intervention

Data from clusters before educational programme intervention implemented.

After intervention

Data from clusters after educational programme intervention implemented

Behavioral: Educational programme

Interventions

Educational programme BEHAVIORAL

Educational programme for ward staff

After intervention

Eligibility Criteria

• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Child (0-17), Adult (18-64), Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

Patients admitted to wards at the hospital

You may qualify if:

• All patients on ward

Sponsors & Collaborators

• University of Warwick: lead
• University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire NHS Trust: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

University Hospitals Coventry and Warwickshire

Coventry, Warwickshire, CV2 2DX, United Kingdom

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: ECOLOGIC OR COMMUNITY
• Time Perspective: RETROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: Director of the Collaborations for Leadership in Applied Health Research and Care West Midlands (CLAHRC WM)

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: May 9, 2017
• First Posted: June 20, 2017
• Study Start: May 19, 2017
• Primary Completion: May 31, 2018
• Study Completion: May 31, 2018
• Last Updated: June 20, 2017

Record last verified: 2017-06

Locations

GB (1)