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Assosiations Between Fear of Fall, Functional Ambulation Category and Quality of Life in Stroke Survivors

NCT04688060 · Status: COMPLETED · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 146

Last updated 2021-02-18

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Stroke is one of the most common causes of acquired adult disability. The stroke survivors have lots of mobility difficulties such as poor standing, decreased walking speed, balance disturbances, and increased risk of falls (1).

Falling is a major threat to stroke patients for physical injury. Fracture resulting from falling, could affect the rehabilitation potential and functional recovery (2,3).

After a stroke, falls are one of the most common medical complications with a 73% incidence within the six months (4). In addition to physical components, psychological factors related falling include fear of falling(5). Fear of falling is defined as persisting concern regarding falling and associated with many negative physical and psychological factors (6,7). It not only affects a simple health concern, but also avoidance of activities and a loss of confidence (8).

To determine the associating factors of fear of falling (FOF) and the correlations between FOF, functional ambulation category (FAC) and quality of life (QOL) on stroke patients.

Conditions

  • Fall

Interventions

DIAGNOSTIC_TEST

Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)

The FES-1 was used to assess the fear of falling level of participants about falling during indoor or outdoor activities. It has 16 items scored on a four-point Likert scale. The Turkish validated version of the FES-I was used in this study. The total score (sum of the 16 responses) ranging from 16 to 64 points was used for data analysis. A higher score indicates better mobility performance. A cut-off score of 27 points on the 16- item FES-I was used to differentiate high concern for falling from low concern

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Kanuni Sultan Suleyman Training and Research Hospital

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Max Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2020-11-01
Primary Completion
2021-01-10
Completion
2021-01-10

Countries

  • Turkey (Türkiye)

Study Locations

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