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Dane County Safety Assessment for Elders (SAFE) Research Study

NCT00205114 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 500

Last updated 2015-10-05

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Summary

This 3-year collaborative project will develop, implement, and test a comprehensive approach to the prevention of falls among high-risk older adults in Dane County, Wisconsin through two complementary strategies:

1. a targeted strategy of an individualized multifactorial intervention for community-living high-risk older adults. Older adults are defined as aged 65 and older. High risk is defined as two or more falls in the year prior, one fall with injury, or one fall with gait and balance problems, as per recent guidelines from the American Geriatric Society (AGS). The multifactorial intervention consists of an in-home assessment followed by recommendations to the participant and his/her physician, a prescription for physical therapy, other referrals (optometry, podiatry, occupational therapy, etc.) based on the assessment, monthly phone follow-up for 11 months, and a prescription for long-term exercise after physical therapy.
2. a program to educate primary care physicians, physician assistants, nurse practitioners, and physical therapists in Dane County in the current diagnosis and treatment recommendations for fall prevention.

Conditions

  • Falls

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Individualized multifactorial intervention for community-living high-risk older adults

BEHAVIORAL

Health professional education program about fall prevention

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Wisconsin, Madison

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Jane E Mahoney, MD · University of Wisconsin, Madison

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Masking
SINGLE
Model
SINGLE_GROUP

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2003-12-31
Primary Completion
2006-09-30
Completion
2006-09-30

Countries

  • United States

Study Locations

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