Evaluation of the Fun 'n Fitness Exercise Program (Falls Prevention Program)

Not Applicable

• Conditions: High falls risk; Cognitive impairment; Physical Medicine / Rehabilitation - Physiotherapy; Injuries and Accidents - Other injuries and accidents; Neurological - Dementias

• Registration Number: ACTRN12614000348651
• Lead Sponsor: Dr Tina Skinner

Brief Summary

Not available

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2014-04-01
• Study Completion: 2015-11-24
• Last Update Posted: 13 January 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Stopped early
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

Participants are Churches of Christ Queensland residents from aged care centres aged 65 years and older.

Exclusion Criteria

Residents will be excluded from participating in the trial if they: (i) are confined to their bed or are wheelchair dependent at all times, (ii) are unable to stand or remain standing unaided, or (iii) have any medical conditions (musculoskeletal, cardiopulmonary or metabolic) that would prevent their safe participation in the exercises program. Residents will also be excluded if they have been receiving regular (1 or more times per week on average) physiotherapy or exercise therapy that involves balance and/or muscle strengthening exercises similar to those included in the intervention during the past 6 months or anytime during the intervention period.

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Falls, defined as (i) proportion of fallers, (ii) the number of falls, (iii) number of injurious falls, and (iv) time to each fall. <br><br>The dates of each fall as well as details surrounding each fall will be extracted from the centres incidents database. Falls are recorded centrally by each centre as part of standard procedure. This information will be given to the researchers monthly during the intervention as well as for the 12 months after the end of the intervention to assess sustainability of the intervention effect.[At baseline and 12 and 24 months following baseline]

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Well-being<br><br>Physical and mental well-being will be assessed with the Dementia Quality of Life Questionnaire (DQoL).[At baseline and again 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, 12 months following baseline testing];Physical functioning <br><br>A battery of functional performance tests will be used to assess mediators of fall risk - including muscle strength (repeated chair stand test), balance (four-test balance scale and sway-meter), and usual walking speed (6-metre walk test) under single (usual walking) and dual tasking (naming animals and subtracting serial 7s). Grip strength will also be tested as a measure of upper body strength. Prior to these tests a demonstration of each test will be given by the tester. Functional performance measures will be conducted in a standardised order and with appropriate rest periods between trials. [At baseline and again 6 weeks, 12 weeks, 6 months, 12 months following baseline testing]