Clinical trial NCT00323596: Trial of a Home Based Strength and Balance Retraining Program in Reducing Falls Risk Factors
Official title: Action Seniors!: A 12-month Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Based Strength and Balance Retraining Program in Reducing Falls Risk Factors
Study type: OBSERVATIONAL
Overall status: COMPLETED
Conditions: Falls
Lead sponsor: University of British Columbia
Sponsor class: OTHER
Collaborators: name: Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR)
First posted: 2006-05-09
Enrollment: 71
Sex: ALL
Minimum age (years): 70
Standard ages: OLDER_ADULT
Accepts healthy volunteers: yes
Sampling method: PROBABILITY_SAMPLE
Study population: Seniors aged 70 years and older, presenting to a health care provider with a fall.

Brief summary: Action Seniors!: A 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial of a Home Based Strength and Balance Retraining Program in Reducing Falls Risk Factors


Eligibility criteria: Inclusion Criteria:

Aged 70 years and older, present to a health care provider with a fall, mini mental state exam of at least 24

Exclusion Criteria:

Progressive neurological condition, medical condition precluding participation in physical activity, residing in a nursing home/extended care facility

Primary outcomes:
measure: Falls Risk Factors as measured by the Physiological Profile Assessment (PPA) and its five components (vision, reaction time, knee extension strength, proprioception, sway)
timeFrame: 12 months
Secondary outcomes:
measure: Fear of falling, cost, injurious falls, Physiologic Profile Assessment (overall score and subcomponents), cognitive performance based on standard neuropsychological tests, and everyday function. All measured at 6 and 12 months
timeFrame: 12 months
Other outcomes:
Locations:
city: Vancouver
country: Canada
facility: Dept. of Family Practice, UBC
state: British Columbia
Study officials:
affiliation: The University of British Columbia
name: Karim Khan
role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR
References:
citation: Davis JC, Hsu CL, Ghag C, Starkey SY, Jacova P, Dian L, Parmar N, Madden K, Liu-Ambrose T. Baseline health-related quality of life predicts falls: a secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. Qual Life Res. 2022 Nov;31(11):3211-3220. doi: 10.1007/s11136-022-03175-2. Epub 2022 Jul 7.
citation: Davis JC, Hsu CL, Barha C, Jehu DA, Chan P, Ghag C, Jacova P, Adjetey C, Dian L, Parmar N, Madden K, Liu-Ambrose T. Comparing the cost-effectiveness of the Otago Exercise Programme among older women and men: A secondary analysis of a randomized controlled trial. PLoS One. 2022 Apr 20;17(4):e0267247. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0267247. eCollection 2022.
citation: Liu-Ambrose T, Davis JC, Falck RS, Best JR, Dao E, Vesely K, Ghag C, Rosano C, Hsu CL, Dian L, Cook W, Madden KM, Khan KM. Exercise, Processing Speed, and Subsequent Falls: A Secondary Analysis of a 12-Month Randomized Controlled Trial. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. 2021 Mar 31;76(4):675-682. doi: 10.1093/gerona/glaa239.
citation: Davis JC, Khan KM, Hsu CL, Chan P, Cook WL, Dian L, Liu-Ambrose T. Action Seniors! Cost-Effectiveness Analysis of a Secondary Falls Prevention Strategy Among Community-Dwelling Older Fallers. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2020 Sep;68(9):1988-1997. doi: 10.1111/jgs.16476. Epub 2020 May 29.
citation: Liu-Ambrose T, Davis JC, Best JR, Dian L, Madden K, Cook W, Hsu CL, Khan KM. Effect of a Home-Based Exercise Program on Subsequent Falls Among Community-Dwelling High-Risk Older Adults After a Fall: A Randomized Clinical Trial. JAMA. 2019 Jun 4;321(21):2092-2100. doi: 10.1001/jama.2019.5795.