Educational Interventions to Reduce Concerns About Falling, Falls and Associated Outcomes Among Older Adults

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60+
SponsorFederal University of Juiz de Fora

About this trial

The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if an active educational intervention (using interactive and active methods of teaching) works better than the traditional lecture teaching to reduce concerns of falling, falls and other health problems among older adults.

The main questions it aims to answer are:

Does having more dynamic interactive educational interventions can performed better than using just traditional lectures? Are these interventions able to reduce concerns of falling, fears and other outcomes among older adults?

Participants will:

Receive one of the interventions (active/interactive or traditional lecture) Answer self-report questionnaires related to concerns of falls and falls Perform some fall-related tests Be followed for 3 and 6 months

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Participants with 60 years old or older

At least one fall in the previous 12 months.

A minimum score for the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) according to educational level: Illiterate: 13, 1 to 7 years of schooling: 18, More than 7 years of schooling: 26

Disqualifiers

MMSE score below the minimum cutoff for educational level.

Current participation in regular physical therapy treatment.

Presence of severe neurological, motor, and/or visual impairments that may interfere with participation in the study.

Refusal or inability to provide informed consent

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Interactive Fall Prevention Education
  • Printed Educational Materials

Treatment groups

102 Participants
are divided into 2 treatment groups