Public Health Concerns of Elderly Fallers and Non-fallers in a Community

Public Health Concerns of Elderly Fallers and Non-fallers in a Southeastern Community of Brazil

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT02177968

Enrollment

100

Registered

2014-06-30

Start date

2012-08-31

Completion date

2012-12-31

Last updated

2014-06-30

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Conditions

Accidental Falls, Aging

Keywords

fall, elderly, characteristics

Brief summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the prevalence and the characterization of health of elderly fallers and non-fallers in the southeastern community of Brazil in the state of São Paulo.

Detailed description

The population consisted of 638 elderly individuals enrolled and attended by the teams of the Family Health Strategy in the city of Araraquara, São Paulo state. The sample was selected in a systematic way, considering the order of micro-areas, 1-7, which 10% sampling error, 15% rate answer. To this, instruments were used based SABE Study, Health Wellbeing and Aging modified, and the International Physical Activity Questionnaire (IPAQ), short version.

Interventions

OTHERdescriptive analysis of characteristics

comparison between elderly fallers and non-fallers

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

CROSS_SECTIONAL

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Yes

Inclusion criteria

* People aged 60 years and over

Exclusion criteria

* Vestibular alteration * Postoperative requiring continuous home * Low vision or complete blind * Bedridden * Empty house * Subjects without registration at the health family unity

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
Healthy, Well-being and Aging questionnaire	5 months

Countries

Brazil

Outcome results

None listed

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