Health Education for Preventing Falls in Older Adults Living in the Community

This clinical trial aims to evaluate the effectiveness of three health education intervention modules in preventing falls among older adults living in the community. The study is designed as a factorial randomized controlled trial, assessing the impact of three health education intervention modules: Fall prevention knowledge education，Exercise education, and Home hazard reduction education. Each module will have a 'yes' and 'no' version, resulting in eight experimental conditions. The primary questions it seeks to address are: (1) What is the main effect of different health education intervention modules on preventing falls in older adults living in the community? (2)What is the interactive effect of different health education intervention modules on preventing falls in older adults living in the community? The trial will be conducted in twenty four sub-district in Baiyun District, Guangzhou City. An estimated 37 participants will be recruited from each of the 24 sub-districts, with the sub-districts being randomly assigned to one of the eight experimental groups by a statistician independent of the research team using computer-generated random numbers.

NCT Number	NCT06507020
Lead Sponsor	Guangzhou Center for Disease Control and Prevention Collaborators: Southern Medical University, China
Conditions	Accidental Falls, Older Adults
Enrollment	888 participants
Start Date	2024-08-01
Primary Completion	2025-02-01 (estimated)
Study Completion	2025-08-01 (estimated)
Updated on ClinicalTrials.gov	2024-07-18