Pilot Study on the Effect of the Free From Falls Program on Falls in People With Multiple Sclerosis
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 入组人数
- 13
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- Change in fall frequency per month (30 days)
研究概览
简要总结
This pilot study will compare how often people with multiple sclerosis (MS) fall before participating in the Free From Falls (FFF) educational program, during the program, and for 8 weeks after the program. The protocol will also evaluate the accuracy, efficiency and convenience of an email survey to count how often people fall.
详细描述
This pilot study will recruit people with MS who report falling at least twice in the previous 2 months to participate in the FFF program. All subjects will record their falls and injurious falls on a daily basis for at least 3 weeks before the program, during the program and for 8 weeks after the program. The program will consist of a weekly 2 hour session. One hour of the session will be educational and one hour of the program will involve exercise. The outcome of this study will be change in fall rate between the periods before, during and after the program.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Na
- 干预模型
- Single Group
- 主要目的
- Prevention
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 18 Years 至 89 Years（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •MS of any type
- •Age 18 years or older
- •Able to walk at least 100 meters with intermittent or unilateral constant assistance (cane, crutch or braces) with or without resting
- •Self-reported history of 2 or more falls in the previous 2 months
- •Clinically stable MS with no relapses within 30 days
- •Willing to provide informed consent
- •Fluent in written and spoken English.
- •Daily access to email and willing to respond to a daily email questionnaire
排除标准
- •Serious psychiatric or medical conditions that would preclude reliable participation in the study.
研究组 & 干预措施
education
Educational intervention
干预措施: Educational intervention (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
Change in fall frequency per month (30 days)
时间窗: difference between the wait period before the 8 week FFF program and the 8 weeks after the end of the 8 week FFF program
The change in fall frequency between the wait period before the FFF program begins and 8 weeks after the program has ended.
次要结局
- Relationship between paper and electronic fall calendars(5 months)
研究者
Michelle Cameron
Neurologist, Assistant Professor
Oregon Health and Science University