FRIDs and Fall Risk Among Older Adults

NCT05169476 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: 20155750
• Study Type: observational
• Target: 241
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 5

Brief Summary

The European Geriatric Medicine Society (EuGMS) Task and Finish Group published a consensus paper on fall-risk increasing drugs. However, the group did not reach consensus on 17 medication classes as potential FRIDs. Thus, in this study the investigators want to examine the association between use of these potential FRIDs and falls rate with a 1-year follow-up in a cohort of community-dwelling older adults, aged 75 years or more.

Conditions

Fall; Fall Injury; Aging; Aged; Medication

Keywords

Older adults; Accidental falls; Fall-risk increasing drugs

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of falls

  Falls will be monitored using monthly prepaid fall calendars and validated by a phone call if a fall is registered. Also, circumstances of the fall will be asked about in the phone call. Blinding: Assessors of the outcome will be naturally blinded towards the predictors due to test results not being available before end of follow-up. Also, assessors of the outcome will be blinded to the questionnaire results by not having access to these in REDCap

  1-year follow-up

Eligibility Criteria

• Age: 75 Years+
• Sex: all
• Healthy Volunteers: Yes
• Age Groups: Older Adult (65+)
• Sampling Method: Non-Probability Sample

Study Population

The target group of PHVs is community-dwelling older adults primarily +75 years old. PHVs are not offered to citizens already receiving local authority home help except for those receiving help with cleaning. As of 2017, the target group of PHVs in the municipality of Hjørring consisted of approximately 4,800 community-dwelling older adults of which 2,053 received a PHV. The target group of SACs is primarily retirees (+65 years old), but also early retirees (+60 years old) with reduced physical, psychological or social functional capacity. As of 2018, 318 citizens of the target group attend SACs in the municipality of Hjørring weekly.

You may qualify if:

• Community-dwelling older adults
• years old or above

You may not qualify if:

• Unable to understand Danish evaluated by the data collectors.
• Diagnosed with dementia.
• Unable to stand up for 60 seconds without support and visually fixate on an object at the same time. Support is defined by any assistive devices or help from another person.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Aalborg University Hospital: lead

Study Sites (5)

Aktivitetscenter Lynggården

Hirtshals, 9850, Denmark

Location

Aktivitetscenter Vesterlund

Hjørring, 9800, Denmark

Location

Forsamlingsbygningen

Hjørring, 9800, Denmark

Location

Sundhedscenter Hjørring

Hjørring, 9800, Denmark

Location

Sindal aktivitetscenter

Sindal, 9870, Denmark

Location

Study Design

• Study Type: observational
• Observational Model: COHORT
• Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: MD, PhD

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: December 10, 2021
• First Posted: December 27, 2021
• Study Start: June 14, 2018
• Primary Completion: July 18, 2020
• Study Completion: July 18, 2020
• Last Updated: January 12, 2022

Record last verified: 2021-12

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

DK (5)