Physical Condition and Self-efficacy in People With Fall Risk

• Sponsor: Aveiro University (Other)
• Overall Status: Completed
• CT.gov ID: NCT02746835
• Collaborator: Centro de Saúde de Anadia (Other)
• Enrollment: 7
• Location: 1
• Arm: 1
• Duration (Months): 4
• Patients Per Site Per Month: 1.7

Study Details

Study Description

Brief Summary

Middle-aged or older people with fall risk were assessed and invited to a multidisciplinary falls prevention program. This program consisted on an adapted exercise program.

Two sessions per week were performed, during 6 weeks supervised by a physiotherapist.

At the end of this program, measures of physical condition and of self-efficacy were repeated to determine its related-effect.

Condition or Disease	Intervention/Treatment	Phase
Fall Risk	Other: Exercise program for fall prevention	N/A

Study Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Actual Enrollment: 7 participants
• Allocation: N/A
• Intervention Model: Single Group Assignment
• Masking: None (Open Label)
• Primary Purpose: Prevention
• Official Title: Physical Condition and Self-efficacy in People With Fall Risk - a Preliminary Study
• Study Start Date: Sep 1, 2015
• Actual Primary Completion Date: Jan 1, 2016
• Actual Study Completion Date: Jan 1, 2016

Arms and Interventions

Arm	Intervention/Treatment
Experimental: Exercise Protocol Set of exercises for balance, endurance, muscle strength and flexibility	Other: Exercise program for fall prevention; Set of exercises to improve the following parameters: balance, endurance, muscle strength, flexibility.

Outcome Measures

Primary Outcome Measures

1. Self-efficacy moving indoors [6-weeks]

   Question 1- Self-efficacy moving indoors; (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)

2. Self-efficacy moving outside [6-weeks]

   Question 2 - Self-efficacy moving outside (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)

3. Self-efficacy walking uneven surfaces [6-weeks]

   Question 3- Self-efficacy walking through uneven surfaces (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)

4. Self-efficacy in physical activities [6-weeks]

   Question 4 - Self-efficacy participating in physical activities (scoring: 0-not confident - 2-very confident)

Other Outcome Measures

1. Physical Condition related with mobility [6-weeks]

   mobility (5 meters walking test at comfortable speed - 5mWT) (meters/second)

2. Physical Condition related with balance [6-weeks]

   balance (Functional Reach Test - FRT) (cm)

3. Physical Condition related with endurance [6-weeks]

   endurance (Sit-to-stand test - STS) (seconds)

Eligibility Criteria

Criteria

• Ages Eligible for Study: 50 Years and Older
• Sexes Eligible for Study: All
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Inclusion Criteria:

• Fall Risk (Morse scale)

Exclusion Criteria:

• Had no capacity to walk independently

Contacts and Locations

Locations

	Site	City	State	Country	Postal Code
1	Marlene Cristina Neves Rosa	Anadia	Aveiro	Portugal	3780-351

Sponsors and Collaborators

• Aveiro University
• Centro de Saúde de Anadia

Investigators

None specified.

Study Documents (Full-Text)

None provided.

More Information

Publications

None provided.

• Responsible Party: Marlene Rosa, PhD, Aveiro University
• ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02746835
• Other Study ID Numbers: Falls Prevention Program
• First Posted: Apr 21, 2016
• Last Update Posted: Apr 21, 2016
• Last Verified: Apr 1, 2016

• Keywords provided by Marlene Rosa, PhD, Aveiro University: physical condition; self-efficacy; fall risk; exercise program
• Additional relevant MeSH terms: Disease

Study Results

No Results Posted as of Apr 21, 2016