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. 2012 Jan 18;2012(1):CD008931. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD008931.pub3

Vass 2009.

Trial name or title REFINE (Reducing Falls in In‐patient Elderly).
Methods Randomised controlled trial.
Randomisation performed with a computer independently.
Blinded data analysis only.
Intention to treat analysis.
Participants Setting: five geriatric wards in the UK.
Interventions Bed and chair exit alarms.
Control group receives standard care.
Outcomes
  1. Bedside inpatient falls;

  2. Injurious bedside inpatient falls;

  3. Acceptability to patients and healthcare staff;

  4. Economic analysis;

  5. Fear of falling;

  6. Length of stay;

  7. Discharge destination;

  8. Quality of life;

  9. Mobility;

  10. Nurse response times to alarm;

  11. False alarms;

  12. Improper use of the alarm sensor.

Starting date August 2008
Contact information catherine.vass@nottingham.ac.uk (Corresponding author)
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