Influence of Cognition and Gait on Falls

NCT ID: NCT02700672

Last Updated: 2016-03-07

Study Results

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Total Enrollment

50 participants

Study Classification

OBSERVATIONAL

Study Start Date

2013-01-31

Study Completion Date

2013-03-31

Brief Summary

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The study analyses if cognition and gait speed can predict falls in a community-dwelling people and ambulant long term care residents

Detailed Description

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Falls are some of the most common events among elderly people. The odds of recurrent falls increase every year, which can cause impairment in basic activities of daily living, social isolation, fear of falling again and death. The aim of the present study is to analyze the role of cognition and gait speed as predictors to falls in institutionalized and non-institutionalized elderly people.

Methods:Twenty-five individuals living in a long-term care facility and 25 non-institutionalized individuals participated in the study. A questionnaire about their history of falls, tests to evaluate cognition (global and executive function) and a pedometer with an accelerometer to measure kinematic variables were applied.

Conditions

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Accidental Falls

Study Design

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Study Time Perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Study Groups

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Institutionalized older adults

Observational study

Observational study

Intervention Type OTHER

Observational study: kinematic variables, falls and executive function were analyzed

Non-institutionalized older adults

Observational study

Observational study

Intervention Type OTHER

Observational study: kinematic variables, falls and executive function were analyzed

Interventions

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Observational study

Observational study: kinematic variables, falls and executive function were analyzed

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* People who could walk with or without ambulation devices
* Mini-Mental State Examination score according to schooling

Exclusion Criteria

* Terminal illnesses
* Bedridden
* Unable to see or hear
* Use of benzodiazepines
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes

Sponsors

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Federal University of São Paulo

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Jose Carlos Fernandes Galduroz MD

Principal Investigator

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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José Carlos Galduróz, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Federal University of São Paulo

Other Identifiers

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Falls&Cognition&Gait

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id

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