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Fall Prevention for Old Community-dwelling People

NCT01778972 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 420

Last updated 2021-09-29

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Summary

Fall-related injuries are a major health problem in the growing older population. Most older people are not aware of that physical training can decrease the risk of falling. The aim of tha study is to investigate the effect of the Otago home exercise programme with and without motivational interviewing in community-dwelling people 75 years or older on frequence of falls, fall-related injuries, physical capacity, fall-related self-efficacy, quality of life, mortality and health-related costs.

Conditions

  • Physical Activity

Interventions

OTHER

Otago home exercise programme

Otago home exercise program was designed specifically to prevent falls. It consists of a set of leg muscle strengthening and balance retraining exercises progressing in difficulty, and a walking plan. The exercise are individually prescribed and increase in difficulty during a series of five home visits by a physiotherapist.

OTHER

Motivational interviewing plus Otago

This group is not only exercising at home but also getting motivational interviewing from the physiotherapist at he five home visits. The physiotherapists doing motivational interviewing are specially trained in motivational interviewing.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Uppsala University

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Karin E Hellström, PhD · Uppsala University

  • Ann-Christin Johansson, PhD · Mälardalens University, Sweden

  • Anne Söderlund, Professor · Mälardalens University, Sweden

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
75 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2012-11-30
Primary Completion
2018-12-31
Completion
2019-12-31

Countries

  • Sweden

Study Locations

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