Falls Prevention Program for Adults With Osteoarthritis
Overview
- Phase
- Not Applicable
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- Osteoarthritis
- Sponsor
- University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
- Enrollment
- 10
- Primary Endpoint
- Participant Adherence to Intervention
- Status
- Completed
- Last Updated
- 7 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
Purpose: To report the feasibility and to obtain preliminary data on the effects of using an enhanced Otago Exercise Programme to reduce fall risk in individuals with osteoarthritis (OA).
Participants: Ten participants from the Johnston County Osteoarthritis Project who have OA, are at risk for falls, and are 65+ years old.
Procedures (methods): All participants will receive the 6-month enhanced Otago program. The investigators will assemble data: quantifying participant adherence to and safety of the intervention, ascertaining retention of participants for 6 months, determining acceptability of the program, and other validated measures (e.g., number of falls and fall severity, balance measures).
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •history of falls
- •knee or hip radiographic OA
- •65+ years of age
- •normal cognitive function (based on the Mini-Mental State Examination)
- •current knee/hip symptoms
Exclusion Criteria
- •hospitalized for stroke, myocardial infarction, or coronary artery revascularization in past 3 months
- •diagnosis of metastatic cancer in the past 3 months
- •terminal illness
- •progressive neurological disorders
- •rheumatoid arthritis
- •severe fibromyalgia
- •other systemic rheumatic disease
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Participant Adherence to Intervention
Time Frame: 6 months
Number of participants who adhere to the intervention.
Retention of Participants
Time Frame: 6 months
Number of participants who participate in the study for the full 6 month program.
Acceptability of the Program
Time Frame: 6 months
Descriptive summary of participants' reports from closing interview of what they like and do not like about the program, any challenges they experienced with doing the program, and whether they plan to continue what they learned.
Participant Safety With the Intervention
Time Frame: 6 months
Number and type of adverse events related to the intervention.
Secondary Outcomes
- Number of Falls(Baseline to Month 6)
- Four-tests Balance: Feet Together Stand(Month 6)
- Hand Grip Dynamometry Right Hand(Month 6)
- Number of People With Severe of Falls(Baseline to Month 6)
- Stair Climb Test(Month 6)
- 30-second Chair Stand Test(Month 6)
- Timed Up and Go Test(Month 6)
- Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index(Month 6)
- Rapid Assessment of Physical Activity: Aerobic Score(Month 6)
- Berg Balance Scale(Month 6)
- Four-tests Balance: One Leg Stand(Month 6)
- Activities-specific Balance Confidence Scale(Month 6)
- Four-tests Balance: Semi-tandem Stand(Month 6)
- Four-tests Balance: Tandem Stand(Month 6)
- Hand Grip Dynamometry Left Hand(Month 6)