A Trial Evaluating Community Pharmacist-led Older Adult Fall Prevention Program
Not Applicable
Completed
- Conditions
- FallsPublic Health - Health promotion/education
- Registration Number
- ACTRN12623000151639
- Lead Sponsor
- Research Creativity and Management Office
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Completed
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 231
Inclusion Criteria
1)Older adults aged 60 years and above
2)Consuming four or more chronic medications per day
3)Willingness to document self-reporting of falls at home (monthly calendar)
4)Capable of providing own consent
Exclusion Criteria
1)Unable to communicate or writing in Malay or English language
2)Having sensory impairment
3)Participants are on palliative care
4)Resided in residential care facilities
5)Participate in other study related to falls
6)Diagnosed with mental disorder or neurological disease that might affect cognition
7)Cognitively impaired assessed by unable to understand instruction
8)An expected life expectancy shorter than six months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Interventional
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Knowledge score assessed by Fall Risk Assessment Questionnaires (FRAQ) scores[ Baseline, 1-month (primary timepoint) and 6-month after intervention commencement]
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Health-related Quality of Life assessed by EQ-5D-5L instrument [ Baseline, 1-month, and 6-month after intervention commencement];Perspective on fall prevention engagement assessed by a set of 7 validated questions from published study (Khong et al., 2017) https://doi.org/10.1007/s10433-016-0408-x [ Baseline, 1-month, and 6-month after intervention commencement];Number of fall assessed by participant reporting and fall calendar[ Baseline, 1-month, 3-month and 6-month after intervention commencement]