The impact of a mobile-based fall education application on fall risk factors in older adults

Sebestina Anita Dsouza0 个研究点目标入组 0 人开始时间: 待定最近更新: 2024年1月22日

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•1. Older adults aged 60 years and above
•2. English or Kannada speaking
•3. Able to use internet-enabled Android smartphones (only experimental group)
•4. High school education
•5. Able to answer everyday questions at a normal conversation level from 5 feet distance
•6. Able to read a headline and a sentence in the newspaper with their regular glasses
•7. Interested to take part in a fall prevention program

•Older adults with
•1. Cognitive impairments (Mini-Mental Status Examination score of 24 and below)
•2. High fall risk (based on World Fall guidelines (2022) this includes:
•2 or more falls in the past year
•inability to get up from the floor on falling
•injuries severe enough to consult physicians
•frailty (score of 4 or more on the Clinical Frailty Scale)
•loss of consciousness or suspected syncope
•3. Self-reported severely disabling physical (medical, neurological, orthopedic) and psychiatric conditions
•4. Self-reported pain that precludes them from participating in exercises and activities
•5. Having health conditions for which mild-intensity exercises and activities are contraindicated.

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Sebestina Anita Dsouza