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

NANot yet recruitingINTERVENTIONAL
Enrollment

888

Participants

Timeline

Start Date

August 1, 2024

Primary Completion Date

February 1, 2025

Study Completion Date

August 1, 2025

Conditions
Accidental FallsOlder Adults
Interventions
BEHAVIORAL

Fall prevention knowledge education

"Frequency of Intervention: 4 sessions, 60 mins each, weeks 1, 3, 5, 8.~Intervention format:group intervention, 12-15 participants in one group.~Intervention content: Elderly fall risks, home safety improvements, community hazard identification, behavior modification.~Intervention tools: digital teaching PPTs.~Intervention deliverers: 2 members per community, one as leader for organizing health ed. activities (lectures, discussions, exercises, Q\&A), the other as assistant for support and participant safety during exercises."

BEHAVIORAL

Exercise education

"Frequency of intervention: 4 sessions Duration of intervention: 30 minutes/session, once in each of the 1st, 3rd, 5th and 8th weeks of the intervention period.~Intervention format: group intervention, 12 people in a group (in principle, no more than 15 people).~Intervention content: The content of health education included (1) basic knowledge of exercise safety, 4 methods of balance function exercise (2) review 4 methods of balance function exercise(3) methods of exercising muscle strength (4) 2 methods of endurance exercise.~Intervention tools: accompanying teaching materials Intervention deliverers: same as before."

BEHAVIORAL

Home hazard reduction education

"Intervention Time:~One home fall risk assessment and modification instruction at week 6 of health education.~Frequency of Intervention:~Single session.~Intervention Format:~Project staff conduct in-home fall risk assessments by appointment.~Intervention Content:~1. Evaluate fall risks in elderly living areas.~2. Provide personal guidance, complete two written forms-one for records, one for the participants.~3. Supply night lights, anti-slip mats, warning signs, and carpet mats; more services encouraged where possible.~Intervention Tools:~Utilize Elderly Home Fall Risk and Retrofitting Guide for detailed assessments and suggestions. Include tools like night lights, mats, and signs.~Intervention Deliverers:~Skilled community social workers or community health center staff."

All Listed Sponsors
collaborator

Southern Medical University, China

OTHER

lead

Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention

OTHER_GOV

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