Evaluation and Development of Falls Prevention and Management in the Community of Central and North of Singapore for Older Adults
试验速览
- 阶段
- 不适用
- 入组人数
- 1,200
- 试验地点
- 1
- 主要终点
- How much does the participant want to find out about preventing falls for himself/herself or his/her father/mother?
研究概览
简要总结
This study investigates how differently-framed messages can affect people's attitude towards falls risk and prevention in older adults. This study considers the potentiality of adult children acting as change agents in influencing parents in falls prevention.
详细描述
A randomized controlled trial (RCT) will be conducted to test the effectiveness of two messaging types (positively vs negatively framed) via two target audiences (older vs younger adults).
The RCT evaluates the effectiveness of the differently-framed messages delivered to older and younger adults in affecting people's attitude toward falls risk and motivating them to learn about preventing falls. Also, the potential of adult children acting as change agents to positively influence parents in preventing falls is explored.
Older and younger adults who are eligible to participate in this study are randomly given one message. For older adults, the objective is to study which message is more effective in affecting their attitude towards falls risk and motivating them to learn about preventing falls. For younger adults, the aim is to understand which message is more effective in motivating them to learn about preventing falls for their parents.
Hypotheses:
H1: The negatively framed message is more effective than the positively framed counterpart in motivating older adults to find out about preventing falls. However, this effect decreases as the socioeconomic status decreases.
研究设计
- 研究类型
- Interventional
- 分配方式
- Randomized
- 干预模型
- Parallel
- 主要目的
- Basic Science
- 盲法
- Single (Participant)
入排标准
- 年龄范围
- 30 Years 至 —（Adult, Older Adult）
- 性别
- All
- 接受健康志愿者
- 是
入选标准
- •Singaporean or Permanent Residents (PRs)
- •Read/speak English, Mandarin, or Malay
- •Either age 60 years old and above, walk independently with or without assistive devices, have no self-reported/detected dementia or cognitive impairments or age between 30 and 59 years old and have either one of the parents age 60 years old and above who walk independently with or without assistive devices
排除标准
- •Not Singaporean or PRs
- •Do not read/speak English, Chinese, and Malay
- •Age 29 years old and below
- •Cannot walk independently with and without assistive devices
- •Have self-reported/detected dementia or cognitive impairments
研究组 & 干预措施
Control - Older Adults
Participants age 60 years old or above.
干预措施: No Message Given (Behavioral)
Positive - Older Adults
Participants age 60 years old or above.
干预措施: Positive Message Given - Older Adults (Behavioral)
Negative - Older Adults
Participants age 60 years old or above.
干预措施: Negative Message Given - Older Adults (Behavioral)
Control - Younger Adults
Participants age between 30 and 59 years old.
干预措施: No Message Given (Behavioral)
Positive - Younger Adults
Participants age between 30 and 59 years old.
干预措施: Positive Message Given - Younger Adults (Behavioral)
Negative - Younger Adults
Participants age between 30 and 59 years old.
干预措施: Negative Message Given - Younger Adults (Behavioral)
结局指标
主要结局
How much does the participant want to find out about preventing falls for himself/herself or his/her father/mother?
时间窗: After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes
This is a scale variable ranging from 1 to 9, which is "1" if not at all and "9" if a lot
次要结局
- Whether the participant or the participant's father/mother has fallen in the past 12 months(After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes)
- Whether the participant or the participant's father/mother is concerned about falling(After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes)
- Whether the participant or the participant's father/mother feels like s/he is going to fall when standing or walking(After being given a message during the survey, an average of 2 minutes)
研究者
Noah Lim
Professor
National University of Singapore