The Effect of Home Based Fall Prevention Program on Older Adults at High Risk of Falling

NCT06643169 | Completed

• 1 other identifier: IUC-NURSE-FDB-01
• Study Type: interventional
• Target: 82
• Locations: 1 country
• Sites: 1

Brief Summary

Fall prevention programs that implement and evaluate fall rates, balance status, accidents related to falls and hospital admissions, exercise status, muscle strength, fear of falling, and quality of life can be effective interventions for healthy aging by minimizing the risk of falls in elderly individuals. In this doctoral dissertation study, it was aimed to evaluate the effect of a nurse-led home-based fall prevention program on fall rate, balance level, fall risk score, fear of falling, number of hospital admissions due to falls, quality of life, and in-home safety conditions in older adults with high fall risk.

Conditions

Home Based Care; Fall Risk; Fall Prevention; Elderly

Keywords

high fall risk; elderly; fall prevention; home based

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcomes (1)

• Number of falls

  elderly self-report with falls diary

  baseline, 2 weeks and 6 weeks

Secondary Outcomes (4)

• Balance level

  baseline, 2 weeks and 6 weeks

• Fall risk score

  baseline, 2 months and 3 months

• Fear of falling

  baseline, 2 weeks and 6 weeks

• Home environment assessment

  baseline, 2 weeks and 6 weeks

Study Arms (2)

Experimental Group

EXPERIMENTAL

6-week home-based fall prevention program with multifactorial intervention

Behavioral: home-based fall prevention program with multifactorial

Control Group

NO INTERVENTION

Interventions

home-based fall prevention program with multifactorial BEHAVIORAL

* Health Education * Otago Exercises * Assessing and Organizing the Safe Home Environment

Experimental Group

Eligibility Criteria

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

You may qualify if:

• Individuals aged 65 years and over with a high risk of falling (Those who score four and above on the Falls Risk Self-Assessment Scale will be determined as having a high risk of falling).
• To be examined by a physical therapist and to obtain consent that there is no harm in exercising (They will be referred to Bartın State Hospital and evaluated by a physical therapy specialist physician),
• Without a diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension,
• Elderly individuals who volunteered to participate in the study were identified.

You may not qualify if:

• Cardiovascular surgery in the last one year
• Diagnosis of orthostatic hypotension
• Having a neurological or neurodegenerative disease (such as Parkinson's dementia)
• Older people who exercise regularly,

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Istanbul University: lead

Study Sites (1)

Primary Health Center

Bartın, 74110, Turkey (Türkiye)

Location

Study Officials

• Selda Secginli, Prof.Dr.

  selda.secginli@atlas.edu.tr

  STUDY DIRECTOR

Study Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Phase: not applicable
• Allocation: RANDOMIZED
• Masking: SINGLE
• Who Masked: PARTICIPANT
• Purpose: PREVENTION
• Intervention Model: PARALLEL
• Sponsor Type: OTHER
• Responsible Party: PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
• PI Title: M.sC.

Study Record Dates

• First Submitted: October 13, 2024
• First Posted: October 16, 2024
• Study Start: October 11, 2024
• Primary Completion: July 31, 2025
• Study Completion: November 25, 2025
• Last Updated: April 20, 2026

Record last verified: 2025-04

Data Sharing

• IPD Sharing: Will not share

Locations

TU (1)