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Last refreshed on: 21 November 2016
Main ID:  NCT02926105
Date of registration: 04/10/2016
Prospective Registration: No
Primary sponsor: HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Public title: Comparison of Home-based Exercise Programmes for Falls Prevention and Quality of Life in Older Adults SwissCHEF
Scientific title: Comparison of the Effects of Three Home-based Exercise Programmes Regarding Falls, Quality of Life and Exercise-adherence in Older Adults at Risk of Falling: Protocol for a Randomised Controlled Trial
Date of first enrolment: October 2016
Target sample size: 405
Recruitment status: Recruiting
URL:  https://clinicaltrials.gov/show/NCT02926105
Study type:  Interventional
Study design:  Allocation: Randomized, Endpoint Classification: Efficacy Study, Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment, Masking: Double Blind (Investigator, Outcomes Assessor), Primary Purpose: Treatment  
Phase:  Phase 3
Countries of recruitment
Switzerland
Contacts
Name:     Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager, MS
Address: 
Telephone:
Email:
Affiliation:  HES-SO Valais-Wallis
Name:     Anne-Gabrielle Mittaz Hager, MS
Address: 
Telephone: +41 79 609 90 63
Email: gaby.mittaz@hevs.ch
Affiliation: 
Key inclusion & exclusion criteria

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



Age minimum: 65 Years
Age maximum: N/A
Gender: Both
Health Condition(s) or Problem(s) studied
Accidental Falls
Intervention(s)
Behavioral: T&E Home-based exercise programme
Behavioral: Helsana booklet
Behavioral: Otago
Primary Outcome(s)
number of falls [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary Outcome(s)
Exercise adherence [Time Frame: one year]
Fear of falling [Time Frame: one year]
Quality of life [Time Frame: one year]
Risk of fall [Time Frame: one year]
Severity of falls [Time Frame: one year]
Secondary ID(s)
CER-00931
Source(s) of Monetary Support
Please refer to primary and secondary sponsors
Secondary Sponsor(s)
Fondation Leenaards, Switzerland
Ethics review
Results
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