Comparison of Home-based Video, Paper/Print Checklist and Professional Home Assessment in Detection of Fall Hazards at Home

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Identification of Home Fall Hazards
• Interventions: Behavioral: Video based/Therapists' rating of comprehensive-home-fall-hazard-checklist (vt-CHFHC); Behavioral: Paper based/Patient self-rating of comprehensive-home-fall-hazard-checklist (pp-CHFHC)

• Registration Number: NCT02775604
• Lead Sponsor: McMaster University

Brief Summary

The purpose of this study is to assess the feasibility and potential impact of video analysis of footage taken with a GoPro camera video in comparison to a homeowner checklist or gold standard home assessment as a means of detecting home fall hazards.

Investigators hypothesize that the assessment of homes for fall hazards with a GoPro camera will be better than a homeowner paper checklist in hazard identification.

Detailed Description

80 community-dwelling adults (50-75 years of age) will be recruited from clinics and the community through posters and advertising (n = 40 in the Healthy Group; n = 40 in the Distal Radius Fracture (DRF) Group (adults with 3-12 months post-DRF)).

Participants will be randomly allocated to a homeowner paper checklist or a GoPro video assessment and then cross-over to the opposite intervention.

To assess accuracy, a gold standard home assessment will be completed by a trained evaluator, after the homeowner checklist and GoPro video assessment.

Upon completion of the data collection, the evaluator will conduct their assessment (gold standard); review the findings from the GoPro "playback" with the participant, and conduct a semi-structured interview on their prior awareness of fall hazards, perceptions about the different methods of detecting fall hazards in their home; and intentions to remediate identified hazards.

Basic Information
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Recruitment & Eligibility
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Study & Design
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Trial Locations

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2016-05-12
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-05-13
• Study First Posted: 2016-05-17
• Study Start: 2020-11-05
• Primary Completion: 2022-06-30
• Study Completion: 2022-06-30
• Status Verified: 2024-05
• Last Update Submitted: 2024-05-09
• Last Update Posted: 2024-05-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 45

Inclusion Criteria

• Healthy Group: community-dwelling adults
• DRF Group: adults with 3-12 months post DRF
• ability to read, understand and speak English

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Exclusion Criteria

• identified cognitive disorder
• major loss of vision or hearing
• other concurrent upper extremity injuries or neurological impairments
• any unhealed fractures

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Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: CROSSOVER

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Home-Based Video	Video based/Therapists' rating of comprehensive-home-fall-hazard-checklist (vt-CHFHC)	GoPro Camera
Paper Checklist	Paper based/Patient self-rating of comprehensive-home-fall-hazard-checklist (pp-CHFHC)	Homeowner Print Checklist

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Evaluation Agreement	Within 1 week of completion of assessment	Fall hazard scores will be calculated based on the number and severity of hazards identified from the paper checklist, the GoPro assessment, and the independent evaluation. The extent of agreement on fall-hazard score and time taken to complete the evaluations (home-based video, paper/print checklist; professional home assessment) will be assessed.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Feasibility and Fidelity	Within 1 week of completion of assessment	Semi-structured phone interviews will be conducted to collect participant feedback on the feasibility, usability, usefulness, acceptance, barriers, facilitators, respondent burden and preference for using GoPro video-technology vs. pp-CHFHC vs. professional assessment. During the interview, participants will also be asked about their prior awareness of fall hazards and experiences about the different methods of detecting fall hazards in their home.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

McMaster University; 🇨🇦 Hamilton, Ontario, Canada