Clinical trial NCT06579534: Multimedia Education for Frail Patients
Official title: Exploring the Effectiveness of Multimedia Health Education Guidance on Risk Perception, Self-Health Management, and Fall Prevention Among Frail Patients
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Overall status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING
Phase: NA
Conditions: Frailty
Keywords: Fall
Frailty
Multimedia Health Education
Lead sponsor: Asia University
Sponsor class: OTHER
First posted: 2024-08-30
Enrollment: 102
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 20
Maximum age (years): 100
Standard ages: ADULT
OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: no
Allocation: RANDOMIZED
Intervention model: PARALLEL
Intervention model description: Control and Experimental group
Primary purpose: PREVENTION

Brief summary: The goal of this clinical trial is to explore the impact of precision health care interventions on inpatients in acute medical institutions regarding their risk of falls, management, and prevention knowledge, as well as the incidence of falls among these patients. The main questions it aims to answer are:

What is the effectiveness of precision health care interventions on inpatients' knowledge of fall risk in acute medical institutions? What is the effectiveness of precision health care interventions on inpatients' knowledge of fall management in acute medical institutions? What is the effectiveness of precision health care interventions on inpatients' knowledge of fall prevention in acute medical institutions?

Detailed description: Frailty relates to the concept of physical deterioration associated with the aging process, which includes a weakening of the physiological and integrated physical strength of the body, its reserve and resistance to stressors, resulting in poor health, such as loss of physical and mental performance. Frailty is an important health care topic in patients with geriatric syndromes. Once the elderly enter the early stage of frailty, they are likely to fall repeatedly. Studies have shown that frailty and premature aging are important predictors of falls in the elderly. Therefore, professional medical staff should use frailty assessment indicators as early as possible to assess the possibility of frailty among the elderly in medical institutions or communities. At the same time, effective prevention strategies should be adopted to prevent reduce the incidence of falls due to frailty and improve the quality of life of patients and the elderly. Therefore, assessment of possible falls and frailty risks is a priority in acute care settings.

Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

1. Patients admitted to general acute wards and surgical patients
2. Fall assessment score ≥ 3% of the high-risk group for falls

Exclusion Criteria:

1. Patients who were bedridden for a long time before admission
2. Patients suffering from mental illness
3. The patient or primary caregiver cannot respond effectively

Primary outcomes:
measure: inpatients&#39; knowledge of fall risk in acute medical institutions
timeFrame: discharge day (assessed up to 1 days)
measure: inpatients&#39; knowledge of fall management in acute medical institutions
timeFrame: discharge day (assessed up to 1 days)
measure: inpatients&#39; knowledge of fall prevention in acute medical institutions
timeFrame: discharge day (assessed up to 1 days)
Secondary outcomes:
Other outcomes:
Locations:
Study officials:
affiliation: Asia University
name: Hua-Shan Wu
role: STUDY_CHAIR
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