Influence of Cognition and Gait on Falls

Completed

• Conditions: Accidental Falls
• Interventions: Other: Observational study

• Registration Number: NCT02700672
• Lead Sponsor: Federal University of São Paulo

Brief Summary

The study analyses if cognition and gait speed can predict falls in a community-dwelling people and ambulant long term care residents

Detailed Description

Falls are some of the most common events among elderly people. The odds of recurrent falls increase every year, which can cause impairment in basic activities of daily living, social isolation, fear of falling again and death. The aim of the present study is to analyze the role of cognition and gait speed as predictors to falls in institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly people.

Methods:Twenty-five individuals living in a long-term care facility and 25 non-institutionalized individuals participated in the study. A questionnaire about their history of falls, tests to evaluate cognition (global and executive function) and a pedometer with an accelerometer to measure kinematic variables were applied.

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-01
• Primary Completion: 2013-02
• Study Completion: 2013-03
• Study First Submitted: 2016-01-07
• Status Verified: 2016-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2016-03-02
• Last Update Submitted: 2016-03-02
• Study First Posted: 2016-03-07
• Last Update Posted: 2016-03-07

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 50

Inclusion Criteria

• People who could walk with or without ambulation devices
• Mini-Mental State Examination score according to schooling

Exclusion Criteria

• Terminal illnesses
• Bedridden
• Unable to see or hear
• Use of benzodiazepines

Study & Design

• Study Type: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Design: Not specified

Arm && Interventions

Group	Intervention	Description
Non-institutionalized older adults	Observational study	Observational study
Institutionalized older adults	Observational study	Observational study

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Cognitive predictor of falls assessed with the Mini-Mental State Examination	falls on past 12 months	To measure cognitive predictor will be used Mini-Mental State Examination

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Executive function predictor of falls assessed with the Wisconsin Card Sort Test	falls on past 12 months	To measure executive function will be used Wisconsin Card Sort Test
Gait speed predictor of falls assessed with an accelerometer	falls on past 12 months	To measure gait speed will be used an accelerometer