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UnknownNCT04660357
Osteoarthritis, Balance, and Fear of Falling
Do Activity-Specific Balance Confidence and Fear of Fall Affect Autonomy and Social Participation in Individuals With Knee Osteoarthritis Above 65 Years Old?
- Status
- Unknown
- Phase
- —
- Study type
- Observational
- Enrollment
- 80 (estimated)
- Sponsor
- Hacettepe University · Academic / Other
- Sex
- All
- Age
- 65 Years – 90 Years
- Healthy volunteers
- Not accepted
Summary
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive and irreversible degenerative joint disease characterized by marginal bone hypertrophy, erosion, and subchondral sclerosis in the articular cartilage.It has been determined that being of advanced age and joint involvement due to osteoarthritis are a risk factor for addiction in activities and this increases the individual's self-care ability and dependency in daily living activities.Older individuals with knee osteoarthritis may be at risk of falling.This study was planned to examine the relationship between activity-specific balance confidence and fear of falling, autonomy and social participation in individuals with knee osteoarthritis over 65 years of age.
Detailed description
Osteoarthritis (OA) is a progressive and irreversible degenerative joint disease characterized by marginal bone hypertrophy, erosion, and subchondral sclerosis in the articular cartilage.It has been determined that being of advanced age and joint involvement due to osteoarthritis are a risk factor for addiction in activities and this increases the individual's self-care ability and dependency in daily living activities.Older individuals with knee osteoarthritis may be at risk of falling.Considering the relationship between the concepts of osteoarthritis and old age with the common concepts of daily life activity problems, falling, loss of autonomy and affecting social participation; this study was planned to examine the relationship between activity-specific balance confidence and fear of falling, autonomy and social participation in individuals with knee osteoarthritis over 65 years of age.
Conditions
Interventions
| Type | Name | Description |
|---|---|---|
| OTHER | survey study | survey study |
Timeline
- Start date
- 2020-09-20
- Primary completion
- 2021-09-20
- Completion
- 2021-09-20
- First posted
- 2020-12-09
- Last updated
- 2020-12-09
Locations
1 site across 1 country: Turkey (Türkiye)
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