Workshop for Primary Prevention of Falls. CHANGING TO NEVER FALL. CTNF

Summary

The purpose of this study is to determine whether a primary prevention workshop is effective decreasing at least 13% the annual incidence of falls in elderly compared to the habitual counseling.

Before the first fall incident, the elderly aged 65 or more, living in community, are invited to attend a workshop on fall preventing activities and factor risk detection. This activity consists on four sessions (one session per week during three weeks and the fourth session one year later) in which the elderly are expected to detect their own fall risk factors, encouraged to introduce healthy habits and to increase physical activity in order to improve strength and balance specifically.

This workshop has been prepared by family physicians following the latest scientific recommendations, it will be lead by them on the first edition, but it has not been written in formal language in order to be used by volunteers concerned about aging topics, independent from the Health Service.

Conditions

• Dietary Habits
• Accidental Falls
• Unspecified Fall, Occurrence at Home
• Physical Activity

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

3 session workshop

The intervention group will attend a three session workshop, will learn to recognize their risk factors for fall, will be encouraged to adopt a healthy diet (vitamin D consumption), modify home hazards , and increase physical activity (a strength and balance program at home and a group walking route). After a monthly telephone follow-up they are invited to attend a recall session, were they realize the change in the strength and balance tests results.

BEHAVIORAL

1 session workshop

The control group will attend a single workshop session summarizing the major points of prevention of falls ( risk factors of fall, healthy diet and vitamin D consumption, home hazards, physical activity). After a monthly telephone follow-up they are invited to attend the three session workshop for further prevention.

Sponsors & Collaborators

• Comunidad de Madrid

  collaborator OTHER

• Sociedad Madrileña de Medicina de Familia y Comunitaria

  lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

• María Medina-Sampedro, MD · Somamfyc, Sociedad Madrileña de Medicina Familiar y Comunitaria

Study Design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

DOUBLE

Model

PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age

65 Years

Sex

ALL

Healthy Volunteers

No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start

2015-05-31

Primary Completion

2017-02-28

Completion

2017-02-28

Countries

• Spain

Study Locations