The Characteristics of Falls in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong and Its Potential Predictors
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 2,101
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Number of falls
研究概览
简要总结
A prospective study to examine the fall characteristics among elderly faller in Hong Kong and the potential predictors of falls incidence.
详细描述
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.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Observational
- 观察模型
- Cohort
- 时间视角
- Prospective
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 60 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •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
排除标准
- •blindness
结局指标
主要结局
Number of falls
时间窗: 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.
次要结局
未报告次要终点
研究者
Timothy Kwok
Professor
Chinese University of Hong Kong