The Characteristics of Falls and Its Potential Predictors

Completed

• Conditions: Fall Patients

• Registration Number: NCT03879902
• Lead Sponsor: Chinese University of Hong Kong

Brief Summary

A prospective study to examine the fall characteristics among elderly faller in Hong Kong and the potential predictors of falls incidence.

Detailed Description

This will be a prospective study. One thousand and five hundred older fallers would be recruited. Baseline assessments would be conducted to examine potential fall risk factors and the fall history. The subjects would be followed up for 1 year for fall incidence. This study conforms to the ethical principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2017-07-20
• Study First Submitted: 2019-02-24
• Study First Submitted QC: 2019-03-14
• Study First Posted: 2019-03-19
• Primary Completion: 2020-11-10
• Study Completion: 2020-11-10
• Status Verified: 2021-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2021-06-04
• Last Update Posted: 2021-06-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 2101

Inclusion Criteria

• aged 60 or older
• able to ambulate with a Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) score ≥ 3
• able to walk for ≥ 10 meters
• history of falls in the past 12 months
• living in the community
• able to understand Chinese

Exclusion Criteria

• blindness

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Number of falls	1 year	Prospective fall data will be collected through telephone follow-up for 1 year. The number of fall during the follow-up period and the circumstances while the falls occur would be recorded.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre of Osteoporosis Care and Control; 🇭🇰 Hong Kong, Hong Kong