Clinical trial NCT02393014: Physical Activity and Fall Prevention in Geriatric Inpatients in Acute caRe: Feasibility Study
Official title: Activité Physique et prévention de la Chute du Patient âGé hospItalisé en Court séjouR: Etude de faisabilité (AGIR)
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Phase: NA
Conditions: Elderly
Keywords: 65 years old or older
hospitalized in
geriatrics
Lead sponsor: University Hospital, Angers
Sponsor class: OTHER_GOV
First posted: 2015-03-19
Enrollment: 278
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 65
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: NON_RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: This study aims to evaluate the feasibility and the impact on physical performance and falls occurence among geriatric inpatients hospitalized in acute care unit.

Detailed description: Having developed many tools to determine fall risk of 65 years and older patients, Angers University Hospital plans to develop a corrective action to prevent the occurrence of falls in this population.

This study aims to assess the feasibility of a physical activity program with 3 difficulty levels (depending on the patient's risk of falling): easy (low fall risk), moderate (average fall risk) and difficult (high fall risk).

The implementation process should be simply and fastly applicable in practice for routine care by paramedics.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

* Being 65 years old and older
* Being hospitalized in geriatric acute care unit of Angers University Hospital.
* No contraindications to physical activity practice.
* No contraindications to standing station and sitting station.
* Participants having given and signed an informed participation consent. If the participant is unable to answer, we will retain the disagreement expressed by a trusted person.
* Being affiliated to French social security

Exclusion Criteria:

* Refusal of participation
* Persons aged under 65.
* Topics including hospitalization at the entrance should not exceed 3 days.
* Participation in concomitant clinical trial.
* Civil Protection Measures such as trusteeship, guardianship or backup justice underway.

Primary outcomes:
measure: Number of participants in each category of fall risk having realized 75% and more of the exercises of at least one of the three difficulty levels of the physical activity program
timeFrame: up to 15 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Change of number of patients having realized the Five Time Sit and Stand (FTSS) test.
timeFrame: up to 15 months
measure: For the patients having achieved FTSS test, the realization time (in seconds).
timeFrame: up to 60 seconds
measure: Measure (by the medical team) of the difficulty to set up and carry out the exercises
timeFrame: up to 20 days
measure: Time needed by the paramedical team to achieve the exercises
timeFrame: up to 20 days
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Angers
country: France
facility: University Hospital
state: Maine et Loire
Study officials:
References:
citation: Noublanche F, Simon R, Ben-Sadoun G, Annweiler C. Physical Activity and Fall Prevention in Geriatric Inpatients in an Acute Care Unit (AGIR Study): Protocol for a Usability Study. JMIR Res Protoc. 2022 Jul 11;11(7):e32288. doi: 10.2196/32288.