Fall Prevention in Elderly Population

Topic: Fall Prevention in Elderly Population

Formulate a PICOT

For patients 65 years and older (at a nursing home?), does the implementation of a fall prevention program, as compared to current practice, impact fall rates in 8-10 weeks?

What is the Model willing to be used?

IRB Pre-Screening Review Form 

Step 1: Determination of Whether the Project is “Research” as Defined by the IRB 1. Is your project intended to generate new knowledge that will be or is desired to be applied beyond the setting(s) at which the project is conducted? Yes No 

2. Is your project designed to expand theory or inform policy that goes beyond the project setting(s)? Yes No 

3. Will your project implement an intervention that has not been published as being used/ tested in your population of interest? Yes No 

4. Will your project implement an intervention using a protocol that deviates substantively from how the protocol has been used previously? Yes No 

5. Will the project replicate or extend a previous research study? Yes, No Revised 3/23/21; IRB Approval 3/23/2021 Step 2: Determination of Whether the Project includes Human Subjects

6. Will your project involve collecting, using, studying, analyzing, or generating data, information, or biospecimens by interacting with or intervening with living humans? Yes No 

7. Will your project involve collecting, generating, using, studying, or analyzing identifiable* private**information, identifiable biospecimens, and/or protected health information? *Data, information, or biospecimens for which the identity of the subject is or may be readily ascertained (e.g., through codes or other types of alternative identifiers) by the investigator or associated with the information or biospecimens. 

**Data, Information, or biospecimens that occurs or are collected in a context in which the individual can reasonably expect that no observation or recording is taking place or will not be made public, and for which the identity of the subject is or may be readily ascertained by the investigator or associated with the information or biospecimens. Yes No If you answered “Yes” to any of questions #1 through #5 in Step 1 and any question in Step 2, then your project is congruent with Chamberlain’s definition of human subject’s research, and you must submit the full IRB application packet for IRB review and approval. 

Step 3: Additional Information

 8. Does the practice setting require that this project be reviewed by the setting’s IRB or other review committee? Yes No 

9. Does the project involve interacting directly with or having a direct impact on any of the following populations? (Identification of a vulnerable population does not always require the project to go to the IRB for a complete review).

 Yes, No Persons below the age of 18 years

 Yes, No Persons with cognitive impairment 

Yes, No Prisoners 

Yes, No Pregnant women, human fetuses, or neonates 

Yes, No Persons institutionalized Revised 3/23/2; IRB Approval 3/23/2021 

10. Will Chamberlain students, faculty, or staff be the subjects of the proposed project? Yes, No What is your practice question?

 11. Enter your practice question in the space provided below. The practice question should follow the PICOT format and include a specific population, the practicum site name (if permissible from the practicum site), the evidence-based intervention, the comparison, measurable outcome, and timeline for the project. If any element from the PICOT format is missing in your practice question – the IRB prescreening form will be returned for correction.

12. Give 10 References to support the project. (2017-2021).