Removing Home Hazards for Older Adults in Affordable Housing

Accidental Fall Clinical Trial

Official title:

Removing Home Hazards for Older Adults in Affordable Housing

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03780777
• Other study ID #: 201811108
• Secondary ID: MOHHU0040-17
• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: April 15, 2019
• Est. completion date: June 9, 2021

Study information

• Verified date: August 2021
• Source: Washington University School of Medicine
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

The investigators will conduct a hybrid effectiveness/implementation trial to simultaneously establish the effectiveness of home hazard removal in affordable housing in order to reduce falls, and conduct a process evaluation of how the intervention works in the context of low-income senior apartments.

Description:

The investigators, in collaboration with the community partner, will offer the program to all building residents in select low-income senior apartments. The eligibility criteria include a self-report of one or more falls in the preceding 12 months, a fear of falling, or unsteadiness while standing or walking. The investigators will screen residents and determine their risk for falling. Residents who are high risk will be referred to licensed occupational therapy practitioners for baseline assessments and home hazard removal. Residents will be re-assessed at 3 months. All assessments will be conducted in the residents' apartment buildings. Outcomes (falls, program evaluation) will be collected by our community partner.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 524
• Est. completion date: June 9, 2021
• Est. primary completion date: June 9, 2021
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Residents who live in any of the eligible section 202 low-income senior apartment units managed by our community partner

Exclusion Criteria:

• Individuals who do not reside in any of the eligible units

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Accidental Fall

Intervention

Behavioral:
• Home Hazard Removal
Removal of home barriers or hazards

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
United States	Washington University School of Medicine	Saint Louis	Missouri

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Washington University School of Medicine	US Department of Housing and Urban Development

Country where clinical trial is conducted

United States, 

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Resident enrollment in home hazard removal intervention	Participation measured by percentage of eligible building residents enrolled	609 days
Primary	Program fidelity	Visit-by-visit checklist and calculation of the dose of the intervention received (number of minutes delivered)	609 days
Secondary	Number of falls	Prospective monthly reporting of falls using an automated phone system	609 days
Secondary	Cost per fall prevented	Final prescription and invoice (materials)	609 days
Secondary	Adherence to home hazard removal intervention recommendations	Recommendations used/total at 3 months or cause of abandonment	609 days