Efficacy of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention Program

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Injury Prevention; Accidental Fall; Healthy Aging
• Interventions: Behavioral: Outdoor Fall prevention brochure; Behavioral: Stroll Safe outdoor fall prevention program

• Registration Number: NCT03624777
• Lead Sponsor: New York University

Brief Summary

This study examines the effectiveness of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention program, a 7-week group based educational intervention. Half of participants are assigned to the Stroll Safe program and half are assigned to a wait list control group that initially receives written information only on outdoor falls prevention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study First Submitted: 2018-08-07
• Study First Submitted QC: 2018-08-07
• Study First Posted: 2018-08-10
• Study Start: 2019-01-14
• Primary Completion: 2021-12-10
• Status Verified: 2022-05
• Study Completion: 2022-05-18
• Last Update Submitted: 2022-05-25
• Last Update Posted: 2022-05-27

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 110

Inclusion Criteria

Community-dwelling adults age 60 years or older, English speaking, cognitively competent (i.e. have a Montreal Cognitive Impairment score (MOCA) >24), and able to walk outdoors independently with or without a mobility device. In addition, they must answer "yes" to one or more of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?

Exclusion Criteria

Less than 60 years of age, living in an institutional setting (e.g. nursing home), non-English speaker, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score <24, requiring the assistance of another person to walk outdoors, non-ambulatory, an acute health condition that would interfere with participation(e.g. recent fracture, uncontrolled/poorly managed mental health condition, respiratory disease requiring supplemental oxygen), they reply "no" to all of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Outdoor Fall Prevention Brochure	Outdoor Fall prevention brochure	-
Stroll Safe Program	Stroll Safe outdoor fall prevention program	-

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Outdoor Falls Questionnaire (Subscale score for strategy use)	Baseline, following 7-week program, 2 months post program completion	Measures use of outdoor fall prevention strategies. Range 0-36 with a higher score indicating greater use of fall prevention strategies.
Change in Falls Behavioral Scale for the Older Person (24 item version)	Baseline, following 7-week program, 2 months post program completion	Measures awareness of and practice of behaviors to protect against falling. Mean score is calculated. Range 1-4, with a higher score indicating safest behaviors.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Change in Falls Self-Efficacy Scale-International	Baseline, following 7-week program, 2 months post program completion	Measures level of concern about falling. Range 16-64, with a higher score indicating a greater level of concern.
Change in fall diary reports	Baseline, every two weeks until 2 months post program completion	Participants keep track of trips, slips, and falls on a calendar. Range 0-no limit. Higher number indicates more slips, trips and falls during the two week look back period.

Trial Locations

Locations (3)

Warbasse Cares NORC; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

1199 Norc; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States

Rochdale Village NORC; 🇺🇸 New York, New York, United States