Accidental Falls/Prevention and Control Clinical Trial
Official title:
Fall Prevention by Assistant Nurses Among Community Living Elderly With Risk of Falling - a Randomized Controlled Trial
The purpose of this study is to assess effects of a home exercise program, supervised by
assistant nurses with the aim of preventing falls.
Community living persons 65 years of age or older having a risk of falling were invited to
participate. Participants were randomized to either training or control.
The training program was individually designed by a physiotherapist and the 5-month program
performance was supervised in the partcipants home by eight home visits from an assistant
nurse.
All participants received a visit from an occupational therapist who assessed the home and,
if necessary, gave advice.
Falls among elderly are a major public health problem, but preventive interventions
containing physical exercise and home improvement are available.
In this study the crucial question was to test whether unlicensed staff, assistant nurses,
could be used for preventive work.
Estimation of study power gave that 170 participants in each group would be needed to detect
a difference in days with falls, the main outcome measure.
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Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Open Label, Primary Purpose: Supportive Care
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