To analyze the relationship between understanding the risk of fall and balance performance of elderly living in the community and comparing it with their quality of life
- Registration Number
- CTRI/2022/01/039436
- Lead Sponsor
- Father Muller College of Allied Health Sciences
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
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Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- ot Yet Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 0
1. Community-dwelling elderly 60 years of age and above
2. A score of 25 to 30 on the St. Louis University Mental Status (SLUMS) scale
3. With or without any histories of falls in the past year. A fall was defined as any event in which the individual lost their balance and made contact with the floor (i.e. did not simply fall back into a chair after trying to stand up).
4. Ability to walk with or without assistance for 10 metres.
1. Individuals with a history of significant head trauma, neurological disease (e.g Parkinsonâ??s, post-polio syndrome, diabetic neuropathy), visual impairment not correctable with lenses, musculoskeletal impairments (e.g. amputation, joint replacement, joint fusions, joint deformity due to rheumatoid arthritis), or persistent symptoms of vertigo, light-headedness, unsteadiness.
2. History of surgeries in the lower extremities in the last 6 months
3. Elderly i.e. age of 60 years and above who are institutionalized
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
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- Secondary Outcome Measures
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