Table 2 Project milestones for the study.
From: REFINE (Reducing Falls in In-patient Elderly) - a randomised controlled trial
Project milestones REFINE | |
|---|---|
2005. | "Bed Sensors Reduce In-patient Falls and Hospital Length of Stay" [32] |
2005. | Health and Social Care Technology Award for the Midlands and East |
2006. | Planning for a large RCT of inpatient sensors initiated |
Dec 2007. | Grant awarded by the Research for Patient Benefit Programme of the National Institute for Health Research, UK (PB-PG-0107-11112) |
May 2008. | Ethics approval has been obtained from the Nottingham Research Ethics Committee (reference 07HC006). |
Aug 2008. | Study commencement. |
Sept 2008. | Ward staff trained, Pilot of equipment and procedures |
Oct 2008. | Recruitment commenced |
Dec 2010. | Recruitment completed |
Feb 2011. | Last participant discharged |
April 2011. | Analysis completed |
July 2011. | Publication |