A Study of Why People With Early Memory Problems Fall or Almost Fall

Dementia Clinical Trial

Official title:

Factors Associated With Falls and Near-Falls in Community Dwelling Older Adults With Early-Stage Dementia

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT00434889
• Other study ID #: BIO-REB 06-181
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• First received: February 13, 2007
• Last updated: January 8, 2010
• Start date: August 2007
• Est. completion date: December 2009

Study information

• Verified date: January 2010
• Source: University of Saskatchewan
• Contact: Vanina Dal Bello-Haas, Ph.D
• Phone: 306-966-6570
• Email: vanina.dalbello-haas[@]usask.ca
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Health authority: Canada: Ethics Review Committee
• Study type: Observational

Clinical Trial Summary

The purpose of this study is to identify the factors that are associated with falls and near falls in community-dwelling older adults with early-stage dementia.

Description:

The specific objectives of this six month study are to: characterize falls and near-falls in community dwelling older adults with early-stage dementia; determine which potentially modifiable physical fall risk factors contribute to falls and near-falls in older adults with early-stage dementia; examine the relationship between dementia sub-type, medical and neuropsychological factors, balance and gait, and falls and near-falls in community dwelling older adults with early-stage dementia.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 200
• Est. completion date: December 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers
• Gender: Both
• Age group: 50 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• males or females over the age of 50 with early-stage dementia as described by Global Deterioration Scale levels 2,3,4 or 5.

Exclusion Criteria:

• subjects who have a medical condition that significantly predispose them to falls (Meneire's disease or Parkinson's disease)

• subjects without a caregiver/spouse to assist with the completion of a Fall Diary

• subjects unable to stand independently or safely walk a short distance either unaided or with the support of an assistive device

• subjects unable to safely complete the balance and gait evaluations.

Study Design

Observational Model: Cohort, Time Perspective: Prospective

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Dementia
• Falls
• Near-Falls

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	School of Physical Therapy, University of Saskatchewan	Saskatoon	Saskatchewan

Sponsors (2)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan Health Research Foundation

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada,