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Finding out things inside and outside of home which causes fall of senior citizens at home.

Development of a tool for assessment of fall-related hazards in homes of community-dwelling older adults.

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Observational
Source
CTRI
Registry ID
CTRI/2017/11/010552
Enrollment
100
Registered
2017-11-17
Start date
Unknown
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2021-11-24

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Conditions

None listed

Interventions

None listed

Sponsors

None listed

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: for qualitative and quantitative part of the study there are inclusion criteria as follows: 1) Qualitative method inclusion criteria: Doctors and nurses working in triage care centers, architects,civil engineers, and interior designers working in construction firms, community-dwelling elderly and their caregivers. All participants should be able to read,understand and communicate in English. 2) Quantitative method inclusion criteria:pucca housing settingsi.e. aprtments and bunglows.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: for qualitative and quantitative part of the study there are exclusion criteria as follows: 1) qualitative method exclusion criteria: community dwelling elderly with major cognitive disabilities such as alzheimers disease or dementia will not be included in the stude. 2) quantitative method exclusion criteria:houses without attached toilet ,bathroom and kutcha houses.

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Interview guides will be used to collect data in qualitative method of the study.Timepoint: 45minutes to 1hour

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Questionnaire will be made from the collected qualitative data and that will be used as a secondary outcome.Timepoint: 20 to 40 minutes

Countries

India

Contacts

Public ContactKadam Anagha Rajendra

School of allied health sciences, Manipal University.

sebestina.dsouza@manipal.edu9448152143

Outcome results

None listed

Source: CTRI (via WHO ICTRP) · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026