Efficacy of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention Program

Completed · Not applicable

Conditions studied: Accidental Fall, Injury Prevention, Healthy Aging

In brief

This study examines the effectiveness of the Stroll Safe Outdoor Fall Prevention program, a 7-week group based educational intervention. Half of participants are assigned to the Stroll Safe program and half are assigned to a wait list control group that initially receives written information only on outdoor falls prevention.

Key facts

Study ID

NCT03624777

Run by

New York University

People needed

110

Starts

2019-01-14

Expected to finish

2022-05-18

Last updated by the study team

2022-05-27

Who can join

Age: 60 and older. Sex: any. Healthy volunteers: accepted.

You may qualify if…

• Community-dwelling adults age 60 years or older, English speaking, cognitively competent (i.e. have a Montreal Cognitive Impairment score (MOCA) >24), and able to walk outdoors independently with or without a mobility device. In addition, they must answer "yes" to one or more of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?

You may not qualify if…

• Less than 60 years of age, living in an institutional setting (e.g. nursing home), non-English speaker, Montreal Cognitive Assessment Score <24, requiring the assistance of another person to walk outdoors, non-ambulatory, an acute health condition that would interfere with participation(e.g. recent fracture, uncontrolled/poorly managed mental health condition, respiratory disease requiring supplemental oxygen), they reply "no" to all of the following questions: Have you fallen outdoors and hurt yourself in the past year?, Have you fallen outdoors 2 or more times in the past year?, Are you afraid that you might fall outdoors?, Have you had 2 or more stumbles, trips, or slips outdoors in the past month?

Where it is running

• 1199 Norc — New York, New York, United States
• Warbasse Cares NORC — New York, New York, United States
• Rochdale Village NORC — New York, New York, United States

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