Ageing in Place: Feasibility study of a multifactorial fall prevention programme (FIT-Daheim) to maintain physical functioning and independent living of community-dwelling older people
- Conditions
- Fall Prevention in elderly community dwelling people (aged = 60)
- Registration Number
- DRKS00010669
- Lead Sponsor
- Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft des Saarlandes (htw saar)
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 44
1. The patients are living at home or in an assisted living home. 2. The patients have suffered a fall during the last year or feel uncertain while walking and/or have a fear of falling. 3. The patients report a deterioration of their gait and/or a deterioration of the stability in the last year. 4. The patients are temporarily or continuously in need of help with at least one of the following daily activities: a. activities of physical self-care for example the daily hygiene, dressing or the movement in the flat incl. climbing stairs. b. household activities such as preparing meals, go shopping, keeping the home and laundry in order. c. Leisure activities or minor maintanance of the flat or garden. 5. Basically the presence and the need of care or nursing care are no reason for exclusion.
1. People living in a nursing home permanently. 2. Patients which have an unstable medical condition or are terminally ill. 3. People, which are not able to stand or can go fewer than 3 meters even with a walking aid. 4. Patients with mild or severe mental diseases.
Study & Design
- Study Type
- interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method 1. Feasibility, acceptance and practicability of the intervention<br><br>1.1 Comprehensibility and applicability of the manual through occupational therapists (self-developed questionnaire)<br><br>1.2 Examiniation of the fidelity to the manual by occupational therapists (self-developed questionnaire)<br><br>1.3 Investigation of the usability of assessment instruments for the german health care system (literature research) <br><br>1.4 Evaluation of the practicability and acceptance of the intervention through the therapists view (problem-centered interviews)<br><br>1.5 Evaluation of Satisfaction and acceptance of the intervention through patients and their relatives (problem-centered interviews)<br><br>1.6 Drop-out rate of the patients<br><br>1.7 Effort and cost of the intervention<br><br>1.8 Estimation of the patient recruitment efforts
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Developement of optimal strategies with regard to the access of the interesting target group in the community-dwelling setting<br><br>An additional objective is to evaluate how a cooperation between nurses and physiotherapists can be designed and how far they need training courses to collaborate in the programme implementation