NCT03808831

Fall Detection and Prevention System for the Elderly

Completed NA Last updated 17 March 2025

What this trial tests

NA trial testing Fall detection and prevention system in Accidental Falls in 80 participants. Completed in 31 December 2019.

Timeline

20 January 2019

Primary endpoint
31 December 2019

31 December 2019

Quick facts

Lead sponsor	Fooyin University
Phase	NA
Status	Completed
Study type	INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation	randomized
Design	parallel
Masking	triple
Primary purpose	treatment
Enrollment	80
Start date	20 January 2019
Primary completion	31 December 2019
Estimated completion	31 December 2019
Sites	1 location across Taiwan

Drugs / interventions tested

• Fall detection and prevention system
• Sham fall detection and prevention system

Conditions studied

• Accidental Falls — all drugs for Accidental Falls →

Sponsor

Fooyin University

Who can join

Adults 65 to 90, any sex, with Accidental Falls. Patients with the condition only — healthy volunteers not accepted.

Sponsor's own description

There is an urgent need for developing monitoring systems that can detect near-falls and alert persons who suffer from subsequently falls. Therefore, investigators propose a project to study the clinical application of a fall detection and prevention system for reducing falls in the elderly.

The main objectives of the project are to develop the fall detection and prevention system and to investigate its effectiveness in preventing falls for the elderly. Eighty elderly will be recruited and randomly allocated into either the experimental or sham groups (n=40 for each group). Subjects in the experimental group will wear the fall detection and prevention system on the lower back. The system records near-fall and fall events; meanwhile, it alarms subjects while detecting near-fall events and alarms caregivers while detecting fall events. In the sham group, subjects wear a sham system with record but no alert function. Both groups will receive the same treadmill walking training for 30 minutes per session, 3 sessions per week for 6 weeks. The outcome measures including falls, balance function, gait ability, physical activity, and quality of life will be assessed before intervention, after intervention, and at 6-months follow-up.

Fall-induced physiological and psychological consequences limit daily activities and reduce quality of life in the elderly. The proposed study innovates a system that not only detects but also alarms users to prevent falls. Moreover, quantitative measurement of such fall detection and prevention system will be investigated for the elderly in this project. This study provides practical and efficacy solutions to prevent falls for home and community settings.

Publications & conference data

No peer-reviewed publications indexed yet for this trial. Completed trials usually publish results within 12-18 months.