ACTRN12615001313527
Withdrawn
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Is it feasible to deliver a training program to reduce falls risk in adults 65 years and over with cognitive impairment and high level gait disorders?
St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney0 sites30 target enrollmentDecember 1, 2015
Overview
- Phase
- N/A
- Intervention
- Not specified
- Conditions
- falls
- Sponsor
- St Vincent's Hospital, Sydney
- Enrollment
- 30
- Status
- Withdrawn
- Last Updated
- 6 years ago
Overview
Brief Summary
No summary available.
Investigators
Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion Criteria
- •\* age 65 years or over admitted under geriatric medicine at SVH with a variety of medical conditions or community dwelling adults aged 65 years and over who are managed by the SVH Geriatric team
- •\* history of falls within the last 12 months
- •\* higher\-level gait disorders: wide\-based, short\-step, shuffling gait and able to mobilise with or without walking aid independently
- •\* timed Up \& Go: equal or less than 30 seconds
- •\* Cognitive screening:
- •\- All participants will be screened with RUDAS, a score of 15\-26 out of 30 is for inclusion.
- •\- If RUDAS score is equal to or greater than 27 out of 30 (normal range), a more sensitive tool MoCA will be used and a score of less than 26 out of 30 is for inclusion.
- •\- Participant will need to pass spaced retrieval screen.
- •\* Informed consent obtained from patient or primary carer/person responsible. A person responsible is required if RUDAS is equal or less than 20 out of 30\.
Exclusion Criteria
- •\* Unstable medical conditions
- •\* Impaired ability to engage in intervention: inability to comprehend or follow simple task instructions, acute confusional state (e.g. delirium), active depression or other psychiatric disorders, severe behavioural disturbances
- •\* Gait disorders with known neurological causes, e.g. Parkinson's Disease, cerebellar ataxia, hemiparetic gait, etc.
- •\* Residents at Aged Care facilities who receive high level care
- •\* Cognitively intact patients, that is, MoCA equal or greater than 26 out of 30
Outcomes
Primary Outcomes
Not specified
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