Kenosha County Falls Prevention Study

Accidental Falls Clinical Trial

Official title:

Kenosha County Falls Prevention Study: An Intermediate-intensity, Community-based, Multifactorial Intervention

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00554437
• Other study ID #: 2002-Prevention Funding
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: May 2002
• Est. completion date: June 2004

Study information

• Verified date: November 2008
• Source: University of Wisconsin, Madison
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

Intensive falls prevention programs have been shown to be effective in reducing falls; however, a number of practical programs, based in community setting have not been successful at reducing rate of falls. The purpose of this study was to test, in a randomized, controlled trial, the efficacy of this intermediate-intensity, individual, multifactorial model to reduce falls. It was hypothesized that more contacts would lead to greater adherence and efficacy in reducing falls.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 349
• Est. completion date: June 2004
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 65 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• aged 65 and older

• a history of two falls in the previous year or one fall in the previous two years with injury or gait and balance problems

• independently living in Kenosha County

Exclusion Criteria:

• unable to give informed consent with no related caregiver in the home

• enrolled in hospice

• living in an assisted-living facility

• expecting to move away permanently from the area

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Accidental Falls

Intervention

Behavioral:
• UW Falls Prevention Program
The intervention model is of a community-based multifactorial intervention that links participants to existing medical care and service networks. The intervention used an algorithm based on the University of Wisconsin Falls Prevention Clinic, designed to identify predisposing factors for falls; induce risk reduction changes in medical conditions, medications, behavior, physical status, and home environment through recommendations to participants and their physicians; and make sure these changes are long-lasting through follow-up and linkages to other care networks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (3)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Wisconsin, Madison	Kenosha County Aging and Disability Resource Center, Wisconsin Department of Health and Family Services

References & Publications (1)

Mahoney JE, Shea TA, Przybelski R, Jaros L, Gangnon R, Cech S, Schwalbe A. Kenosha County falls prevention study: a randomized, controlled trial of an intermediate-intensity, community-based multifactorial falls intervention. J Am Geriatr Soc. 2007 Apr;55 — View Citation

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	rate of falls		one year
Secondary	all-cause hospitalizations		one year
Secondary	nursing home utilizations: number of days and number of admissions		one year
Secondary	change in ADL function from baseline to one year		one year