NCT06619496

Health in Motion Pragmatic Clinical Trial - WRAPAROUND

Health in Motion- A Digital Fall Prevention Program Designed to be Delivered as a Wraparound Program

• Status: Completed
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 63 (actual)
• Sponsor: Blue Marble Rehab Inc · Industry
• Sex: All
• Age: 55 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Accepted

Summary

Falls among older adults are a serious public health concern, and injuries resulting from falls can cause significant loss of independence, premature death, and higher caregiver burden. Home-based fall prevention programs, such as the Otago Exercise Program, educate older adults about the importance of identifying fall risk and provide strategies for reducing fall risk; however, many are costly and are not scalable, accessible, or sustainable. This project will compare a digital fall prevention program used in a group setting in the community with traditional community-based fall prevention programs.

Detailed description

This study will involve 2 groups. Group 1 will participate in traditional human-led community based fall prevention programs and Group 2 will participate in avatar-led community-based fall prevention program. Metrics of effectiveness include the rate of falls, fall risk, fear of falling, and falls efficacy. Economic benefit will be measured using the European Quality of Life 5-Dimensional Questionnaire, along with hospital and clinical visits. The primary outcome is the incidence of falls (rate in person-months).

Conditions

• Aging

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
BEHAVIORAL	Human-led fall prevention program	Human-led evidence-based fall prevention programs include Matter of Balance, Tai Chi Moving for Better Balance, Walk with Ease, or Arthritis Exercise
BEHAVIORAL	Avatar-led fall prevention program	The avatar-led fall prevention program consists of the Otago Exercise Program

Timeline

• Start date: 2022-10-24
• Primary completion: 2024-05-14
• Completion: 2024-07-01
• First posted: 2024-10-01
• Last updated: 2024-10-01

Locations

1 site across 1 country: United States