Efficacy of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention Program
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interventional
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1 country
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Brief Summary
This study examines the effectiveness of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention program, a 7-week group based educational intervention. Half of participants are assigned to the Stroll Safe program and half are assigned to a wait list control group that initially receives written information only on outdoor falls prevention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P50-P75 for not_applicable
Started Jan 2019
Longer than P75 for not_applicable
3 active sites
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
August 7, 2018
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
August 10, 2018
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
January 14, 2019
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
December 10, 2021
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
May 18, 2022
CompletedMay 27, 2022
May 1, 2022
2.9 years
August 7, 2018
May 25, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (2)
Change in Outdoor Falls Questionnaire (Subscale score for strategy use)
Measures use of outdoor fall prevention strategies. Range 0-36 with a higher score indicating greater use of fall prevention strategies.
Baseline, following 7-week program, 2 months post program completion
Change in Falls Behavioral Scale for the Older Person (24 item version)
Measures awareness of and practice of behaviors to protect against falling. Mean score is calculated. Range 1-4, with a higher score indicating safest behaviors.
Baseline, following 7-week program, 2 months post program completion
Secondary Outcomes (2)
Change in Falls Self-Efficacy Scale-International
Baseline, following 7-week program, 2 months post program completion
Change in fall diary reports
Baseline, every two weeks until 2 months post program completion
Study Arms (2)
Stroll Safe Program
EXPERIMENTALOutdoor Fall Prevention Brochure
ACTIVE COMPARATORInterventions
Participants in the wait list control group will initially receive written information only about preventing outdoor falls
Participants in the treatment group will attend a once a week 7-week outdoor fall prevention program that includes didactic presentations, group discussions/ problem solving, practice in strategy use, and action planning for safe community mobility.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Community-dwelling adults age 60 years or older, English speaking, cognitively competent (i.e. have a Montreal Cognitive Impairment score (MOCA) \>24), and able to walk outdoors independently with or without a mobility device. In addition, they must answer "yes" to one or more of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?
You may not qualify if:
- Less than 60 years of age, living in an institutional setting (e.g. nursing home), non-English speaker, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score \<24, requiring the assistance of another person to walk outdoors, non-ambulatory, an acute health condition that would interfere with participation(e.g. recent fracture, uncontrolled/poorly managed mental health condition, respiratory disease requiring supplemental oxygen), they reply "no" to all of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (3)
1199 Norc
New York, New York, 10029, United States
Warbasse Cares NORC
New York, New York, 11235, United States
Rochdale Village NORC
New York, New York, 11434, United States
Related Publications (1)
Chippendale T, Albert SM, Mahmood A. Efficacy of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention Program: A Randomized Controlled Trial. Gerontologist. 2023 Oct 17;63(9):1556-1565. doi: 10.1093/geront/gnac145.
PMID: 36148513DERIVED
Study Officials
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tracy Chippendale, PhD, OTR/L
New York University
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- NONE
- Purpose
- PREVENTION
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- SPONSOR
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
August 7, 2018
First Posted
August 10, 2018
Study Start
January 14, 2019
Primary Completion
December 10, 2021
Study Completion
May 18, 2022
Last Updated
May 27, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-05
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share