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Educational intervention in the Adherence of the elderly to actions that prevent falls

Effect of Educational intervention on Addressing elderly to fall preventive Measures: almost experimental study

Status
Active, not recruiting
Phases
Unknown
Study type
Interventional
Source
REBEC
Registry ID
RBR-8gd5g8
Enrollment
Unknown
Registered
2019-12-17
Start date
2019-06-03
Completion date
Unknown
Last updated
2025-10-27

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Aged

Interventions

The intervention will be based on the Health Belief Model, from May to November 2019 in six stages (T0 to T5). In T0 (recruitment and pre-intervention) will be provided information about the research,
Behavioural
Other
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Sponsors

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Lead Sponsor
Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso
Collaborator

Eligibility

Age
60 Years to 100 Years

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Be 60 years and over; Perform at least one of the physical activities offered by the Elderly Living Center.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: To present cognitive and mental difficulty verified through the application of the Mini Mental State Examination

Design outcomes

Primary

MeasureTime frame
Adherence of the elderly to fall prevention measures assessed 30 days after the end of the educational meetings through the questionnaire on the adherence of the elderly to fall prevention measures with 22 questions about fall measures, questions 1 to 12 cover behavioral measures of falls. falls and questions 13 to 22 refer to environmental measures of falls.—

Secondary

MeasureTime frame
Elderly health beliefs assessed 30 days after the end of the educational meetings through the four-dimensional health beliefs scale (susceptibility, severity, benefits of taking fall prevention measures and barriers to fall prevention measures). The total sum of the scale ranges from 38 to 190 points. Interpretation of the score - the higher the score, the greater the perception of falls susceptibility, the severity of falls, the perceived benefits of taking fall prevention measures, and the lower perception of barriers to falling prevention measures.—

Countries

Brazil

Contacts

Public ContactJoana Darc Cardoso

Universidade Federal de Mato Grosso

joana-qtal@hotmail.com+55(65)99273-4459

Outcome results

None listed

Source: REBEC (via WHO ICTRP)