UnknownPhase 3

Comparison of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Falls Prevention and Quality of Life in Older Adults

Switzerland405 participantsStarted 2016-10

Plain-language summary

This study compares the effects of three home-based exercise programmes in "at-risk to falling" older adults living in their own home on the incidence of falls (number and severity), risk factors, and quality of life as well as on the adherence to exercise. The subjects will be randomized and allocated in three groups. The group A will receive the "Test-and-Exercise" home-based programme (T\&E), the group B will receive the "Otago" home-based exercise programme and the group C (activ-control group) will receive the "Helsana" booklet

Who can participate

Age range65 Years

SexALL

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Inclusion Criteria: * 65 years old and older, * Living in their own home, * Having a history of fall in the previous 12 months or perceiving fear of falling (≥ 20 points on FES-I, * Being able to walk without auxiliary tools in their home. * Signed Informed Consent Exclusion Criteria: * Having severe vision impairment that do not permit the reading of the exercise-programme booklet and that do not permit the completing of the monthly diaries, * Receiving physiotherapeutic treatment with balance learning, * Having cognitive impairment (\<25 points on the Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) of Folstein

What they're measuring

number of falls

Timeframe: one year

Trial details

NCT IDNCT02926105

SponsorHES-SO Valais-Wallis

Sponsor typeOTHER

Study typeINTERVENTIONAL

Primary completion2019-10

Contact for this trial

Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager, MS

+41 79 609 90 63 gaby.mittaz@hevs.ch

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