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Exercise Engagement in People Over 60 at Risk of Falls

NCT06100445 · Status: RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 10

Last updated 2024-06-21

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Summary

It is a qualitative study, using semi structured interviews to explore patient's experiences of falls and their perceptions on facilitators and barriers to exercise.

Aim: To explore reasons for and against engaging with exercises at home in participants over the age of 60 at risk of falls.

To explore:

1. Patients' preferences to exercise format and type eg/ leaflet, online, access, such as the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy (CSP) chair exercises leaflet or individual personalized rehabilitation programme handouts
2. The ability to discuss falls risk with health professionals.
3. If health inequalities exist with people at risk of falls and exercising.
4. Sustainability of exercise, in order to reduce the risk of falls in this population.
5. The need to develop MSK internal and external facing falls management pathways.

Suitability: Patients over the age of 60, who have been identified at risk of falls, having been referred to MSK Physiotherapy in Rossendale.

'Risk of falls' is defined as: patient self-reports they are unsteady, had one or more fall in the last 6 months, or clinician identified a slow/unsteady gait pattern on examination.

Semi structured interviews on up to ten participants. It is anticipated that this sample size will give adequate data saturation. Approximately 12 months from participant recruitment to analysis of findings.

Conditions

  • Musculoskeletal Injury
  • Frailty
  • Physical Inactivity
  • Health Behavior

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Semi structured interviews

Gaining qualitative data

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

    collaborator OTHER_GOV

  • East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • James Boateng · East Lancashire Hospitals NHS Trust

  • Elizabeth Lightbody · National Institute for Health Research, United Kingdom

Eligibility

Min Age
60 Years
Max Age
95 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2024-01-26
Primary Completion
2024-12-31
Completion
2024-12-31

Countries

  • United Kingdom

Study Locations

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