RecruitingNCT07503665

AI-assisted Fall Prevention Through Evidence

Safe AI-assisted Fall Prevention Through Evidence

Sponsor

Halmstad University

Enrollment

23,425 participants

Start Date

Jan 1, 2026

Study Type

OBSERVATIONAL

Conditions

Fall

Summary

The goal of this multi-method study is to investigate how AI-assisted fall-prevention are implemented in routine hospital care what their effects are. The main questions it aims to answer are how these AI systems influence patient safety outcomes, how they affect healthcare professionals work and healthcare resource use, and what factors support or hinder their sustainable integration into hospital environments.

Eligibility

Min Age: 18 Years

Inclusion Criteria22

Individual interviews with key actors in the implementation
Be employed at one of the participating hospitals
Hold a role as a key stakeholder in the implementation work
Have experience with the implementation of the AI-assisted fall prevention
Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish
Be employed as a manager at one of the participating hospitals
Have experience with the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention
Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish
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
Have experience with the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention
Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish
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
Have experience with the implementation or use of the AI-assisted fall prevention
Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish
Have experience with the AI-assisted fall prevention as part of their care
Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish
Be 18 years of age or older
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.
Be employed as staff on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention is decided to be implemented.
\. 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.
(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
Have the ability to understand and communicate in Swedish

Exclusion Criteria18

\. 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
\. 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
\. 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
\. 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:
Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study
Lack the ability to provide informed consent
Web-based surveys with staff:
Not being employed on a ward at one of the participating hospitals where the AI-assisted fall prevention is decided to be implemented
Lack the ability to access information and respond to the survey in Swedish
Retrospective medical record data:
\. 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:
Have insufficient proficiency in Swedish to participate in an interview or observation and to understand the purpose and content of the study
Lack the ability to provide informed consent