Effects of a care program for risk factors for falls in a prevention program for elderly people who fall: a randomized clinical trial

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: Aged; Accidental falls; N06.850.135

• Registration Number: RBR-3t85fd
• Lead Sponsor: niversidade Federal de São Carlos

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2020-09-25
• Last Update Posted: 29 May 2023
• Study Completion: 2024-12-31

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: Not specified
• Target Recruitment: Not specified

Inclusion Criteria

Age 60 or older up to 95; living in Brazil; not institutionalized; history of at least two falls in the last 12 months; ability to walk alone with or without gait assistance; availability to participate in the evaluations and interventions; with access and familiarity with virtual communication with audio and camera; or that has a relative or caregiver with access and familiarity with virtual communication with audio and camera; familiarity with virtual communication with audio and camera

Exclusion Criteria

Involvement in regular and systematized physical activity with a total duration of 150 minutes per week; severe and uncorrected hearing or visual disorder that makes communication difficult during the assessment and intervention; motor sequelae of stroke; active inflammatory diseases and neurological diseases that interfere with the risk of falls; such as advanced Parkinson's disease (stage 5 of the modified Hoehn and Yahr Scale and not being in regular use of antiparkinsonian medications); Multiple Sclerosis; Huntington's disease; dementia; uncontrolled vestibulopathy; epilepsy; and traumatic brain injury; taking associated medications that indicate the presence of these diseases; absence or instability of internet for the proper conduct of the evaluations and follow-up of the study

Study & Design

• Study Type: Intervention
• Study Design: Not specified