Public Health Concerns of Elderly Fallers and Non-fallers in a Community
Completed
- Conditions
- Accidental FallsAging
- Interventions
- Other: descriptive analysis of characteristics
- Registration Number
- NCT02177968
- Lead Sponsor
- University of Sao Paulo
- Brief Summary
The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence and the characterization of health of elderly fallers and non-fallers in the southeastern community of Brazil in the state of São Paulo.
- Detailed Description
The population consisted of 638 elderly individuals enrolled and attended by the teams of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Araraquara, São Paulo state. The sample was selected in a systematic way, considering the order of micro-areas, 1-7, which 10% sampling error, 15% rate answer. To this, instruments were used based SABE Study, Health Wellbeing and Aging modified, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version.
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- COMPLETED
- Sex
- All
- Target Recruitment
- 100
Inclusion Criteria
- People aged 60 years and over
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Exclusion Criteria
- Vestibular alteration
- Postoperative requiring continuous home
- Low vision or complete blind
- Bedridden
- Empty house
- Subjects without registration at the health family unity
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Study & Design
- Study Type
- OBSERVATIONAL
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Arm && Interventions
Group Intervention Description Elderly fallers or non-fallers descriptive analysis of characteristics characteristics of these groups
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Healthy, Well-being and Aging questionnaire 5 months
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method
Trial Locations
- Locations (1)
Educação Permanente, Prefeitura Municipal de Araraquara
🇧🇷Araraquara, Sao Paulo, Brazil