Prevention of Falls and Injurious Falls Among Elderly People

Status

Completed

Phases

Study type

Interventional

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT00247546

Enrollment

592

Registered

2005-11-02

Start date

2003-03-31

Completion date

2005-03-31

Last updated

2006-10-18

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Conditions

Accidental Falls, Falls

Keywords

Falls, Accidental falls, Prevention, Aged, Multifactorial trial

Brief summary

The aim of this study is to describe and analyse the effects of multifactorial trial on the incidence of falls and injurious falls and on different risk factors of falling among the home-dwelling aged.

Detailed description

The aims of the study: 1. To implement a program for the prevention of falls and injurious falls. 2. To describe the structure and activities of the fall prevention program implemented among the aged who are living in their own home, have at least moderate cognitive abilities, have fallen during previous 12 months and are 65 years of age or older. A further aim is to describe the frequency of participation according to age, gender, residence, health and physical condition. 3. To describe the effects of prevention on primary risk factors of falling such as muscle strength, balance, eye sight, medications, depression and home hazards in relation to age, gender, health and physical condition. 4. To describe and assess the effects of prevention on the incidence of falls and injurious falls. 5. To assess the effects of prevention on physical, cognitive and psychosocial functional abilities, quality of life and use of health and social services and deaths.

Interventions

BEHAVIORALMultifactorial prevention

Study design

Allocation

RANDOMIZED

Intervention model

SINGLE_GROUP

Primary purpose

PREVENTION

Masking

NONE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to 85 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* 65 years of age or older * home-dweller * having fallen at least once during the previous 12 months * at least moderate cognitive abilities (MMSE over 17) * able to walk 10 metres independently

Exclusion criteria

* MMSE under 17

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Incidence of falls and injurious falls	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
Risk factors of falling	—
Functional abilities	—
Quality of life	—
Use of health and social services	—
Deaths	—

Countries

Finland

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026