Evaluation and Development of Falls Prevention and Management in the Community for Older Adults
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interventional
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Brief Summary
This study investigates how differently-framed messages can affect people's attitude towards falls risk and prevention in older adults. This study considers the potentiality of adult children acting as change agents in influencing parents in falls prevention.
Trial Health
Trial Health Score
Automated assessment based on enrollment pace, timeline, and geographic reach
participants targeted
Target at P75+ for not_applicable
Started Dec 2021
Shorter than P25 for not_applicable
1 active site
Health score is calculated from publicly available data and should be used for screening purposes only.
Trial Relationships
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Study Timeline
Key milestones and dates
First Submitted
Initial submission to the registry
December 7, 2021
CompletedStudy Start
First participant enrolled
December 10, 2021
CompletedFirst Posted
Study publicly available on registry
January 20, 2022
CompletedPrimary Completion
Last participant's last visit for primary outcome
September 30, 2022
CompletedStudy Completion
Last participant's last visit for all outcomes
September 30, 2022
CompletedApril 14, 2022
April 1, 2022
10 months
December 7, 2021
April 6, 2022
Conditions
Outcome Measures
Primary Outcomes (1)
How much does the participant want to find out about preventing falls for himself/herself or his/her father/mother?
This is a scale variable ranging from 1 to 9, which is "1" if not at all and "9" if a lot
After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes
Secondary Outcomes (3)
Whether the participant or the participant's father/mother has fallen in the past 12 months
After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes
Whether the participant or the participant's father/mother is concerned about falling
After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes
Whether the participant or the participant's father/mother feels like s/he is going to fall when standing or walking
After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes
Study Arms (6)
Control - Older Adults
EXPERIMENTALParticipants age 60 years old or above.
Positive - Older Adults
EXPERIMENTALParticipants age 60 years old or above.
Negative - Older Adults
EXPERIMENTALParticipants age 60 years old or above.
Control - Younger Adults
EXPERIMENTALParticipants age between 30 and 59 years old.
Positive - Younger Adults
EXPERIMENTALParticipants age between 30 and 59 years old.
Negative - Younger Adults
EXPERIMENTALParticipants age between 30 and 59 years old.
Interventions
Participants in this arm are not given any intervention.
Participants in this arm are given a positively framed message from an older adult's point of view.
Participants in this arm are given a negatively framed message from an older adult's point of view.
Participants in this arm are given a positively framed message from an adult child's point of view.
Participants in this arm are given a negatively framed message from an adult child's point of view.
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if:
- Singaporean or Permanent Residents (PRs)
- Read/speak English, Mandarin, or Malay
- Either age 60 years old and above, walk independently with or without assistive devices, have no self-reported/detected dementia or cognitive impairments or age between 30 and 59 years old and have either one of the parents age 60 years old and above who walk independently with or without assistive devices
You may not qualify if:
- Not Singaporean or PRs
- Do not read/speak English, Chinese, and Malay
- Age 29 years old and below
- Cannot walk independently with and without assistive devices
- Have self-reported/detected dementia or cognitive impairments
Contact the study team to confirm eligibility.
Sponsors & Collaborators
Study Sites (1)
National University of Singapore
Singapore, Singapore
Related Publications (2)
Dickinson A, Machen I, Horton K, Jain D, Maddex T, Cove J. Fall prevention in the community: what older people say they need. Br J Community Nurs. 2011 Apr;16(4):174-80. doi: 10.12968/bjcn.2011.16.4.174.
PMID: 21471918BACKGROUNDLiu X, Shuster MM, Mikels JA, Stine-Morrow EAL. Doing What Makes You Happy: Health Message Framing for Younger and Older Adults. Exp Aging Res. 2019 Jul-Sep;45(4):293-305. doi: 10.1080/0361073X.2019.1627491. Epub 2019 Jun 12.
PMID: 31188722BACKGROUND
Study Officials
- STUDY DIRECTOR
Noah Lim, PhD
The Global Asia Institute, The National University of Singapore
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Tuo-Yu Chen, PhD
Master Program in Global Health and Development, Taipei Medical University
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Su-Chin Hsu, PhD
The Global Asia Institute, The National University of Singapore
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Lianjun Li, PhD
The Global Asia Institute, The National University of Singapore
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Catherine Yeung, PhD
Department of Marketing, The Chinese University of Hong Kong
Central Study Contacts
Study Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Phase
- not applicable
- Allocation
- RANDOMIZED
- Masking
- SINGLE
- Who Masked
- PARTICIPANT
- Purpose
- BASIC SCIENCE
- Intervention Model
- PARALLEL
- Sponsor Type
- OTHER
- Responsible Party
- PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
- PI Title
- Professor
Study Record Dates
First Submitted
December 7, 2021
First Posted
January 20, 2022
Study Start
December 10, 2021
Primary Completion
September 30, 2022
Study Completion
September 30, 2022
Last Updated
April 14, 2022
Record last verified: 2022-04
Data Sharing
- IPD Sharing
- Will not share