The Characteristics of Falls and Its Potential Predictors

The Characteristics of Falls in Community-dwelling Older Adults in Hong Kong and Its Potential Predictors

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03879902

Enrollment

2101

Registered

2019-03-19

Start date

2017-07-20

Completion date

2020-11-10

Last updated

2021-06-07

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Conditions

Fall Patients

Keywords

fall, elderly

Brief summary

A prospective study to examine the fall characteristics among elderly faller in Hong Kong and the potential predictors of falls incidence.

Detailed description

This will be a prospective study. One thousand and five hundred older fallers would be recruited. Baseline assessments would be conducted to examine potential fall risk factors and the fall history. The subjects would be followed up for 1 year for fall incidence. This study conforms to the ethical principles of the World Medical Association Declaration of Helsinki.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

COHORT

Time perspective

PROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

60 Years to No maximum

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* aged 60 or older * able to ambulate with a Functional Ambulation Category (FAC) score ≥ 3 * able to walk for ≥ 10 meters * history of falls in the past 12 months * living in the community * able to understand Chinese

Exclusion criteria

* blindness

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Number of falls	1 year	Prospective fall data will be collected through telephone follow-up for 1 year. The number of fall during the follow-up period and the circumstances while the falls occur would be recorded.

Countries

Hong Kong

Outcome results