Better balance - fall prevention among elderly people
| ISRCTN | ISRCTN89512790 |
|---|---|
| DOI | https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN89512790 |
| Secondary identifying numbers | N/A |
- Submission date
- 06/05/2009
- Registration date
- 17/06/2009
- Last edited
- 17/06/2009
- Recruitment status
- No longer recruiting
- Overall study status
- Completed
- Condition category
- Other
Prospectively registered
Protocol
Statistical analysis plan
Results
Individual participant data
Record updated in last year
Plain English Summary
Not provided at time of registration
Contact information
Dr Carsten Hendriksen
Scientific
Scientific
Department og Integrated Health Care
Bispebjerg University Hospital
Bispebjerg Bakke 23
Copenhagen NV
2400
Denmark
Study information
| Study design | Randomised controlled trial |
|---|---|
| Primary study design | Interventional |
| Secondary study design | Randomised controlled trial |
| Study setting(s) | Hospital |
| Study type | Prevention |
| Participant information sheet | Not available in web format, please use the contact details below to request a patient information sheet |
| Scientific title | Randomised controlled trial to test the effects of, respectively, health coaching and an integrative district nurse approach for preventing falls in elderly people living in the community |
| Study hypothesis | Health coaching and integrative district nurse approaches (two separate interventions) tailored to elderly people having experienced fall accidents and living in the community are, compared to usual care control groups, both expected to: 1. Reduce the rate of falls (primary endpoint), measured by self-evaluation and registered hospital admissions 2. Reduce the risk of falling, measured by selected functional tests 3. Reduce the use of selected primary care services |
| Ethics approval(s) | Scientific Ethics Committee of Copenhagen, Denmark gave approval on the 13th April 2007 (ref: H-C-2007-0002) |
| Condition | Fall prevention, elderly people living in the community |
| Intervention | 1. Health coaching program: 6 months collaboration with professional health coach; maximum of 10 hours of coaching, maximum of 15 sessions in total, of which two are face-to-face meetings and the rest are telephone sessions 2. Integrative district nurse program: 3 months collaboration with district nurse; two face-to-face meetings in the home, followed by two telephone sessions |
| Intervention type | Other |
| Primary outcome measure | Number of falls in a twelve months period from inclusion date, measured through self-assessment. |
| Secondary outcome measures | 1. Functional performance nine months after inclusion. Selected balance and strengths tests indicating fall risks. 2. Fear of falling questionnaire (FES-I), quality of life questionnaire 3. Use of selected primary care services in a nine month period after inclusion (emergency calls, district healthcare, delivery of food, etc.,) 4. Hospital contacts in a nine month period after inclusion |
| Overall study start date | 01/05/2007 |
| Overall study end date | 01/04/2009 |
Eligibility
| Participant type(s) | Patient |
|---|---|
| Age group | Senior |
| Sex | Both |
| Target number of participants | One hundred and eighty (180) patients |
| Participant inclusion criteria | 1. Community-dwelling people aged 65+ years, either sex 2. Fall episodes registered/known by trial partners at Hospital Units and Community Units 3. Speaking Danish or English, no interpreter needed |
| Participant exclusion criteria | 1. Participation in other clinical trials on falls prevention 2. Hospital admission due to the most recent fall accident (prior to inclusion) |
| Recruitment start date | 01/05/2007 |
| Recruitment end date | 01/04/2009 |
Locations
Countries of recruitment
- Denmark
Study participating centre
Department og Integrated Health Care
Copenhagen NV
2400
Denmark
2400
Denmark
Sponsor information
Danish Ministry of Health and Prevention (Ministeriet for Sundhed og Forebyggelse) (Denmark)
Government
Government
Slotsholmsgade 10-12
Copenhagen K
1216
Denmark
| Website | http://www.sum.dk |
|---|---|
"ROR" |
https://ror.org/05kxbax75 |
Funders
Funder type
Government
Danish Ministry of Health and Prevention (Ministeriet for Sundhed og Forebyggelse) (Denmark)
No information available
Results and Publications
| Intention to publish date | |
|---|---|
| Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share | No |
| IPD sharing plan summary | Not provided at time of registration |
| Publication and dissemination plan | Not provided at time of registration |
| IPD sharing plan |
