Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention Education

Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention Education With High Risk Population Telephone Follow up Study

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT01934400

Enrollment

127

Registered

2013-09-04

Start date

2013-04-30

Completion date

2013-12-31

Last updated

2014-04-23

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Conditions

Osteoporosis

Keywords

Osteoporosis, fall prevention, high risk population

Brief summary

Objective: The study is to increasing osteoporosis awareness with fracture risk assessments and management as well as fall prevention among elderly in northern region of Taiwan. Method: Six community osteoporosis and fall prevention educational programme will be held at northern region of Taiwan. A questionnaires design including demographic variables , FRAX variables, nutritional variables and osteoporosis and fall knowledge variables as well.The pretest-posttest method was used to analyse the effect on education. Expected outcomes : (1)Fall prevention educational programme will hold in northern region of Taiwan at different communities in order to increasing osteoporosis awareness with fracture risk assessment tool, establishing fall knowledges among elderly and some fall prevention skills.(2)Elderly with 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture risk who more than 20% and 10-year probability of hip fracture risk who more than 3% will identify as high risk of osteoporosis. (3) To estimate number of cases who identified as high risk will recommend for BMD measurement.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

40 Years to 90 Years

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

1. Adults between the ages of 40 to 90. 2. Adults who been fractures prior to assessment. 3. Adults who have ability, well conscious to complete the questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

1.Adults who have treatment currently will not include in this study.

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Measurement of effects of fall prevention education.	6-months	The primary outcomes is to determine the effects after investigaor given the fall prevention education. The pretest-posttest method was used to analyse the effect on education.

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results