Health Education for Preventing Falls in Older Adults Living in the Community

Trial statusNot yet recruiting
Trial phaseNot applicable
Trial typeInterventional
Biological sexAll
Age60-80
SponsorGuangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

About this trial

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of three health education intervention modules in preventing falls among older adults living in the community. The study is designed as a factorial randomized controlled trial, assessing the impact of three health education intervention modules: Fall prevention knowledge education,Exercise education, and Home hazard reduction education. Each module will have a 'yes' and 'no' version, resulting in eight experimental conditions.

The primary questions it seeks to address are: (1) What is the main effect of different health education intervention modules on preventing falls in older adults living in the community? (2)What is the interactive effect of different health education intervention modules on preventing falls in older adults living in the community?

The trial will be conducted in twenty four sub-district in Baiyun District, Guangzhou City. An estimated 37 participants will be recruited from each of the 24 sub-districts, with the sub-districts being randomly assigned to one of the eight experimental groups by a statistician independent of the research team using computer-generated random numbers.

Eligibility criteria

Qualifiers

Age 60-80 inclusive

Live in the community

Expected to live in their current place of residence for the next 12 months

can walk 50 metres without the assistance of an assistive device

Disqualifiers

Exclusion of subjects with acute illness or acute stages of chronic disease

Trial design

Treatments tested in this trial

  • Fall prevention knowledge education
  • Exercise education
  • Home hazard reduction education

Treatment groups

888 Participants
are divided into 8 treatment groups

8

Treatment groups

See each treatment group below.

Locations

This trial has no locations

Sponsors and collaborators

Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

Lead sponsor

Southern Medical University, China

Collaborator