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How to Act on the Mobility Restriction Linked to Senior's Phobia of Falling

NCT02554838 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 47

Last updated 2023-02-16

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Summary

This project aims to determine the respective impacts of two routine care regarding phobic of falling seniors on the mobility restriction. The investigators used a monocentric, randomized and controlled research according to two parallel groups : physical activity, home assessment and modification (rehabilitation group) versus physical activity, home assessment and modification with cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT) (rehabilitation and CBT group). The investigators will assess the efficacy of usual care (rehabilitation group) and the supplementary benefit of CBT (rehabilitation and CBT group) with the Life Space Assessment.

Conditions

  • Specific Phobia
  • Fear of Falling

Interventions

OTHER

Physical activity

Participants receive a weekly individual session of physical activity during 8 consecutive weeks conducted by a licensed physical therapist and focusing on muscle strengthening, flexibility, gait and balance retraining.

OTHER

Home assessment and modification

Two home-based sessions of modification of the home environment by a licensed rehabilitation therapist, in order to increase the aera of mobility, the frequency of moving in this aera and the independence to move.

BEHAVIORAL

Cognitive behavioral therapy

Participants receive during 8 consecutive weeks a weekly individual sessions of CBT and a booster session one month later conducted by a psychologist specialized in CBT focusing on : functional analysis, education about treatment and anxiety, relaxation training and progressive exposure in imagination then in vivo.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Sandrine DELPIERRE, MD · Assistance Publique - Hôpitaux de Paris

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
70 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2015-11-30
Primary Completion
2019-05-15
Completion
2019-11-30

Countries

  • France

Study Locations

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