Fall Prevention Among Community Living Elderly

NCT01705912 | Completed

• 2 other identifiers: OLLGF01OLLGF0112
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 148
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess effects of a home exercise program, supervised by assistant nurses with the aim of preventing falls. Community living persons 65 years of age or older having a risk of falling were invited to participate. Participants were randomized to either training or control. The training program was individually designed by a physiotherapist and the 5-month program performance was supervised in the partcipants home by eight home visits from an assistant nurse. All participants received a visit from an occupational therapist who assessed the home and, if necessary, gave advice.

Conditions

Accidental Falls/Prevention and Control

Keywords

fall; prevention

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of days with fall

  Self reported calendar data

  12 months

Secondary Outcomes (1)

• Exercise

  12 months

Other Outcomes (11)

• Strength

  Pre and post intervention, 5 months

• Balance

  Pre and post intervention, 5 months

• Balance

  Pre and post intervention, 5 months

Study Arms (2)

Training

EXPERIMENTAL

Complete intervention i.e. basic intervention + individual training program.

Other: Complete intervention

Control

ACTIVE COMPARATOR

Basic intervention.

Other: Basic intervention

Interventions

Complete intervention OTHER

The basic intervention, an occupational therapist assessed the home environment and gave advice, if necessary. Then participants were assessed by a physiotherapist concerning health and function pre and post intervention. The intervention consisted of an individually designed home exercise program aiming at improving balance, muscle strength and walking ability. The program, which was made by the physiotherapist, should be performed three times a week. A minimum of 30 minutes of walking per week was recommended, encouring further walking on an individual basis. An assistant nurse made eight home visits to supervise, help and encourage performance of activities.

Training

Basic intervention OTHER

The basic interventions was an occupational therapist assessed the home environment and gave advice, if necessary. Then participants were assessed by a physiotherapist concerning health and function pre and post intervention.

Control

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 65 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: No
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)

You may qualify if:

• community living persons at least 65 years old
• independent walking ability with or without walking aid
• experienced at least one fall during the last 12 months
• ability to communicate and cooperate with study staff

You may not qualify if:

• ongoing physiotherapy treatment
• ongoing participation in exercise/acitivity containing balance and strength enhancing components
• a dementia diagnose
• mental disorder that affects possibility to communicate and cooperate
• other medical reason making participation inte the study inappropriate.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Gunilla Fahlstrom: lead
• Örebro County Council: collaborator
• Örebro University, Sweden: collaborator

Study Sites (1)

Family medicine research center

Örebro, 701 16, Sweden

Location

Study Officials

• Gunilla Fahlstrom, PhD

  Örebro County Council

  PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: NONE
• Purpose: SUPPORTIVE CARE
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER GOV
• Responsible Party: SPONSOR INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 9, 2012
• First Posted: October 12, 2012
• Study Start: January 1, 2007
• Primary Completion: December 1, 2009
• Study Completion: December 1, 2009
• Last Updated: October 12, 2012

Record last verified: 2012-10

Locations

SE (1)