Efficacy of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention Program

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Basic Information

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Recruitment Status

COMPLETED

Clinical Phase

NA

Total Enrollment

110 participants

Study Classification

INTERVENTIONAL

Study Start Date

2019-01-14

Study Completion Date

2022-05-18

Brief Summary

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This study examines the effectiveness of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention program, a 7-week group based educational intervention. Half of participants are assigned to the Stroll Safe program and half are assigned to a wait list control group that initially receives written information only on outdoor falls prevention.

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Detailed Description

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Conditions

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Accidental Fall Injury Prevention Healthy Aging

Study Design

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Allocation Method

RANDOMIZED

Intervention Model

PARALLEL

Primary Study Purpose

PREVENTION

Blinding Strategy

NONE

Study Groups

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Stroll Safe Program

Group Type EXPERIMENTAL

Stroll Safe outdoor fall prevention program

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the treatment group will attend a once a week 7-week outdoor fall prevention program that includes didactic presentations, group discussions/ problem solving, practice in strategy use, and action planning for safe community mobility.

Outdoor Fall Prevention Brochure

Group Type ACTIVE_COMPARATOR

Outdoor Fall prevention brochure

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Participants in the wait list control group will initially receive written information only about preventing outdoor falls

Interventions

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Outdoor Fall prevention brochure

Participants in the wait list control group will initially receive written information only about preventing outdoor falls

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Stroll Safe outdoor fall prevention program

Participants in the treatment group will attend a once a week 7-week outdoor fall prevention program that includes didactic presentations, group discussions/ problem solving, practice in strategy use, and action planning for safe community mobility.

Intervention Type BEHAVIORAL

Eligibility Criteria

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Inclusion Criteria

Community-dwelling adults age 60 years or older, English speaking, cognitively competent (i.e. have a Montreal Cognitive Impairment score (MOCA) \>24), and able to walk outdoors independently with or without a mobility device. In addition, they must answer "yes" to one or more of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?

Exclusion Criteria

Less than 60 years of age, living in an institutional setting (e.g. nursing home), non-English speaker, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score \<24, requiring the assistance of another person to walk outdoors, non-ambulatory, an acute health condition that would interfere with participation(e.g. recent fracture, uncontrolled/poorly managed mental health condition, respiratory disease requiring supplemental oxygen), they reply "no" to all of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?

Minimum Eligible Age

60 Years

Eligible Sex

ALL

Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Yes