888
Participants
Start Date
August 1, 2024
Primary Completion Date
February 1, 2025
Study Completion Date
August 1, 2025
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."
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."
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."
Southern Medical University, China
OTHER
Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention
OTHER_GOV