Effect of Home Exercise on Reducing Falls

NCT ID: NCT03599934

Last Updated: 2021-11-18

Study Results

Results pending

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

108 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2018-07-18

Study Completion Date

2021-10-02

Brief Summary

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This proposed randomized controlled trial aims to study the long-term compliance of the LiFE program and its combined effects with a home safety visit on fall prevention in community-dwelling older fallers.

Detailed Description

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This will be a single-blinded randomized controlled trial. The subjects will be randomly assigned to the LiFE exercise plus home safety assessment group, or the control group by a computer program operated by an independent researcher. This study conforms to the ethical principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

Conditions

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Fall

Keywords

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Elderly Exercise Fall Home safety

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

SINGLE

Outcome Assessors

Study Groups

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LiFE training and home safety assessment

The participants will receive Lifestyle Integrated Functional Exercise Program and Home safety assessment

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Lifestyle integrated functional exercise program

Intervention Type OTHER

Lifestyle-integrated exercise training targeting to improve strength and balance. Strategy to embed the exercise in the daily activity would also be taught so that the life exercise can be performed at any time of the day. The exercise would be taught in 6 home visits over 6-months.

Home safety assessment

Intervention Type OTHER

Home safety assessment and modification that targets to reduce environmental risk factors of falls.

Control group

The control group will continue their usual daily routine.

Group Type NO_INTERVENTION

No interventions assigned to this group

Interventions

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Lifestyle integrated functional exercise program

Lifestyle-integrated exercise training targeting to improve strength and balance. Strategy to embed the exercise in the daily activity would also be taught so that the life exercise can be performed at any time of the day. The exercise would be taught in 6 home visits over 6-months.

Intervention Type OTHER

Home safety assessment

Home safety assessment and modification that targets to reduce environmental risk factors of falls.

Intervention Type OTHER

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

* aged 60 or older
* able to ambulate with a Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) score ≥ 3
* able to walk for ≥ 10 meters
* history of falls in the past 12 months
* living in the community
* without MCI or dementia according to the 5-minute Montreal Cognitive assessment
* have a moderate fall risk or above as assessed by the Physiological Profile Assessment
* able to understand Chinese.

Exclusion Criteria

* blindness
* diagnosis of mental disorders (e.g., severe depression, schizophrenia)
* any contraindications to exercise (e.g. unstable angina).
Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

No

Sponsors

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Chinese University of Hong Kong

OTHER

Sponsor Role lead

Responsible Party

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Timothy Kwok

Professor

Responsibility Role PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

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Timothy Kwok, MD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre for Osteoporosis Care and Control

Locations

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The Chinese University of Hong Kong Jockey Club Centre of Osteoporosis Care and Control

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Hong Kong, , Hong Kong

Site Status

Countries

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Hong Kong

Other Identifiers

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2017.400

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id