Better balance - fall prevention among elderly people

ISRCTN	ISRCTN89512790
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN89512790
Protocol serial number	N/A
Sponsor	Danish Ministry of Health and Prevention (Ministeriet for Sundhed og Forebyggelse) (Denmark)
Funder	Danish Ministry of Health and Prevention (Ministeriet for Sundhed og Forebyggelse) (Denmark)

Submission date: 06/05/2009
Registration date: 17/06/2009
Last edited: 17/06/2009

Recruitment status: No longer recruiting
Overall study status: Completed
Condition category: Other

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Record updated in last year

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Contact information

Dr Carsten Hendriksen
Scientific

Department og Integrated Health Care
Bispebjerg University Hospital
Bispebjerg Bakke 23
Copenhagen NV
2400
Denmark

Study information

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Study type	Participant information sheet
Scientific title	Randomised controlled trial to test the effects of, respectively, health coaching and an integrative district nurse approach for preventing falls in elderly people living in the community
Study objectives	Health coaching and integrative district nurse approaches (two separate interventions) tailored to elderly people having experienced fall accidents and living in the community are, compared to usual care control groups, both expected to: 1. Reduce the rate of falls (primary endpoint), measured by self-evaluation and registered hospital admissions 2. Reduce the risk of falling, measured by selected functional tests 3. Reduce the use of selected primary care services
Ethics approval(s)	Scientific Ethics Committee of Copenhagen, Denmark gave approval on the 13th April 2007 (ref: H-C-2007-0002)
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Fall prevention, elderly people living in the community
Intervention	1. Health coaching program: 6 months collaboration with professional health coach; maximum of 10 hours of coaching, maximum of 15 sessions in total, of which two are face-to-face meetings and the rest are telephone sessions 2. Integrative district nurse program: 3 months collaboration with district nurse; two face-to-face meetings in the home, followed by two telephone sessions
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Number of falls in a twelve months period from inclusion date, measured through self-assessment.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	1. Functional performance nine months after inclusion. Selected balance and strengths tests indicating fall risks. 2. Fear of falling questionnaire (FES-I), quality of life questionnaire 3. Use of selected primary care services in a nine month period after inclusion (emergency calls, district healthcare, delivery of food, etc.,) 4. Hospital contacts in a nine month period after inclusion
Completion date	01/04/2009

Eligibility

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	All
Target sample size at registration	180
Key inclusion criteria	1. Community-dwelling people aged 65+ years, either sex 2. Fall episodes registered/known by trial partners at Hospital Units and Community Units 3. Speaking Danish or English, no interpreter needed
Key exclusion criteria	1. Participation in other clinical trials on falls prevention 2. Hospital admission due to the most recent fall accident (prior to inclusion)
Date of first enrolment	01/05/2007
Date of final enrolment	01/04/2009

Locations

Countries of recruitment

Denmark

Study participating centre

Department og Integrated Health Care

Copenhagen NV
2400
Denmark

Results and Publications

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Study outputs

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Participant information sheet	Participant information sheet	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes
Study website	Study website	11/11/2025	11/11/2025	No	Yes