Fall Prevention by Assistant Nurses Among Community Living Elderly With Risk of Falling - a Randomized Controlled Trial
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 状态
- 已完成
- 发起方
- 入组人数
- 148
- 试验地点
- 2
- 主要终点
- Number of days with fall
研究概览
简要总结
The purpose of this study is to assess effects of a home exercise program, supervised by assistant nurses with the aim of preventing falls.
Community living persons 65 years of age or older having a risk of falling were invited to participate. Participants were randomized to either training or control.
The training program was individually designed by a physiotherapist and the 5-month program performance was supervised in the partcipants home by eight home visits from an assistant nurse.
All participants received a visit from an occupational therapist who assessed the home and, if necessary, gave advice.
详细描述
Falls among elderly are a major public health problem, but preventive interventions containing physical exercise and home improvement are available.
In this study the crucial question was to test whether unlicensed staff, assistant nurses, could be used for preventive work.
Estimation of study power gave that 170 participants in each group would be needed to detect a difference in days with falls, the main outcome measure.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Supportive Care
- 盲法
- None
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 65 Years 至 —（Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 否
入选标准
- •community living persons at least 65 years old
- •independent walking ability with or without walking aid
- •experienced at least one fall during the last 12 months
- •ability to communicate and cooperate with study staff
排除标准
- •ongoing physiotherapy treatment
- •ongoing participation in exercise/acitivity containing balance and strength enhancing components
- •a dementia diagnose
- •mental disorder that affects possibility to communicate and cooperate
- •other medical reason making participation inte the study inappropriate.
研究组 & 干预措施
Training
Complete intervention i.e. basic intervention + individual training program.
干预措施: Complete intervention (Other)
Control
Basic intervention.
干预措施: Basic intervention (Other)
结局指标
主要结局
Number of days with fall
时间窗: 12 months
Self reported calendar data
次要结局
- Exercise(12 months)
研究者
Gunilla Fahlstrom
PhD
Örebro County Council