AI steps in to stop hospital falls: 23,000-Patient study launches
NCT ID NCT07503665
First seen Jun 27, 2026 · Last updated Jun 27, 2026
Summary
This study looks at how AI tools can help prevent falls in hospitals. Researchers will track fall rates and interview hospital staff to see how well these systems work and what helps or hinders their use. Over 23,000 patients and many healthcare workers will take part across several hospitals in Sweden.
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Study facts
What this study's own registry entry says, in plain language.
- Participants
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About 23,425 people
The number the study aims to enrol. It can still change while the study runs.
- Started
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Jan 2026
- Expected to finish
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Dec 2028
An estimate. End dates often move.
- Lead sponsor
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Other sponsor
The registry's catch-all category, for sponsors it does not file as a company, a government agency, or a research network.
Who can take part
This study's own entry requirements. Only the study team can say for certain whether you qualify.
Who is studied
Key actors in the implementation, managers, staff, patients and patient representatives
- Ages
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18 years and older
- Sex
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Anyone
- Healthy volunteers
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Accepted
You do not need to have the condition being studied to take part.
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Copied word for word from the study's registry entry, so the wording is the study team's rather than ours.
Individual interviews with key actors in the implementation Inclusion criteria: 1. Be employed at one of the participating hospitals 2. Hold a role as a key stakeholder in the implementation work 3. Have experience with the implementation of the AI-assisted fall prevention 4. Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish Exclusion criteria: 1\. Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study Individual interviews with managers Inclusion criteria: 1. Be employed as a manager at one of the participating hospitals 2. Have experience with the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention 3. Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish Exclusion criteria: 1\. Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study Individual interviews with staff Inclusion criteria: 1. Be employed as staff on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention has been decided to be implemented 2. Have experience with the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention 3. Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish Exclusion criteria: 1\. Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study Observations of staff work Inclusion criteria: 1. Be employed as staff on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention has been decided to be implemented 2. Have experience with the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention 3. Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish Exclusion criteria: 1\. Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study Individual interviews with patients and family members: Inclusion criteria (for family members, only inclusion criterion 1b applies): 1. Either (a) have been a patient on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention has been implemented, or (b) be a family member involved in the care of a patient who meets the inclusion criteria but lacks the ability to provide informed consent. The family member must be able to understand and communicate in Swedish 2. Have experience with the AI-assisted fall prevention as part of their care 3. Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish 4. Be 18 years of age or older 5. Have the ability to provide informed consent. If there is any uncertainty regarding a patient's ability to provide informed consent, the research team will refrain from conducting the interview. Exclusion criteria: 1. Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study 2. Lack the ability to provide informed consent Web-based surveys with staff: Inclusion criteria: 1. Be employed as staff on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention is decided to be implemented. Exclusion criteria: 1. Not being employed on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention is decided to be implemented 2. Lack the ability to access information and respond to the survey in Swedish Retrospective medical record data: Inclusion criteria: 1\. Patients who have been cared for on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention has been implemented, either (a) up to 24 months after implementation or (b) up to 12 months before implementation. Exclusion criteria: 1\. Patients who have only received care outside the defined time period, meaning not within 24 months after or 12 months before the implementation of the AI-assisted fall prevention Learning labs: Inclusion criteria: 1. (a) Be employed at one of the participating hospitals and hold a role as a key stakeholder in the implementation work, or be staff or a manager with experience of the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention; or (b1) have been a patient cared for on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention has been implemented and have experience with the AI-assisted fall prevention as part of their care; or (b2) be a family member of a patient with such experience; or (c) be a patient representative for a patient group, patient organization, or user organization where falls are an identified issue 2. Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish Exclusion criteria: 1. Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study 2. Lack the ability to provide informed consent
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Contacts and locations
Locations
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Sahlgrenska Hospital
RECRUITINGGothenburg, Sweden
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