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Preventing Falls in Older Adults With Cognitive Frailty

NCT06854731 · Status: RECRUITING · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 328

Last updated 2025-08-22

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Summary

The Problem: The proposed trial will address the problem of how to effectively prevent subsequent falls in community-dwelling cognitively frail older adults with a history of falls.

Primary Question: In community-dwelling older adults with cognitive frailty and a history of falls, can a home-based exercise program with behavioural change techniques significantly reduce falls vs. health education (i.e., control; CON)?

Conditions

Interventions

OTHER

Education Session

All active comparator participants will be invited to join monthly interactive social and education sessions via Zoom or in-person (hybrid delivery).

BEHAVIORAL

Balance and Strength Training Exercises with Health Coaching

The OEP+ intervention integrates the OEP with health coaching by a physical therapists or kinesiologist. The OEP is an individualized home-based balance and strength exercise training program delivered by a PT or kinesiologist coach over 5 home visits.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Vancouver Coastal Health Research Institute

    collaborator OTHER

  • University of British Columbia

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Teresa Liu-Ambrose, PhD · University of British Columbia

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
PREVENTION
Masking
TRIPLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
89 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
Yes

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2025-05-15
Primary Completion
2029-05-01
Completion
2029-12-31

Countries

  • Canada

Study Locations

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