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| Sponsored by: |
Department of Veterans Affairs |
| Information provided by: | Department of Veterans Affairs |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00013507 |
Purpose
This research on Functional Incidental Training ( FIT) primarily involves women residing in community nursing homes. It is an individualized rehabilitative protocol intended to improve mobility, endurance, strength and continence in frail, older, functionally impaired and disabled veterans.
Objectives of the project are as follows:
1) Test the effects of FIT on transfer ability, continence, ambulation/mobility, balance and fall risk, strength, and endurance; 2) Determine the characteristics of NHCU residents who respond to FIT; 3)Identify the most sensitive outcome measures related to FIT; and 4) Determine the labor costs of FIT relative to usual care.
| Condition | Intervention | Phase |
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Aging |
Procedure: Falls |
Phase II |
| Study Type: | Interventional |
| Study Design: | Other, Randomized, Open Label, Active Control, Crossover Assignment, Efficacy Study |
| Official Title: | Effects of Functional Incidental Training in VA NHCU Residents |
| Estimated Enrollment: | 24 |
| Study Start Date: | January 1999 |
| Study Completion Date: | December 2002 |
This research on Functional Incidental Training ( FIT) primarily involves women in community nursing homes.
Objectives:
1. test the effects of FIT on functions such as transfer ability, continence, ambulation/mobility,balance and fall risk, strength, and endurance; 2. determine the characteristics of NHCU residents who respond to FIT; 3. identify the most sensitive outcome measures related to FIT; and 4. determine the labor costs of FIT relative to usual care.
. The intervention is an individualized rehabilitative protocol intended to improve mobility, endurance, strength and continence in frail, older, functionally impaired and disabled veterans in VA nursing home care units(NHCUs).The design is a multi-site cross-over design, to be carried out in five NHCUs (Atlanta, Durham, Salisbury, Augusta, Tuscaloosa) over about eight months in each site. About 24 residents will be recruited in each NHCU: 12 each will be randomized to initial intervention and control for 8 wks and evaluated; the controls will then receive the intervention and vice versa for another 8 wks with another evaluation. Patients are seen 4x a day for FIT activities, including walking/using wheel chair, prompted toileting, strengthening exercises. Outcome measures will be made in a blinded manner by Project Manager.
Eligibility
| Ages Eligible for Study: | 18 Years and older |
| Genders Eligible for Study: | Both |
| Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | No |
Functionally impaired elderly
Contacts and Locations| United States, Georgia | |||||
| VAMC, Decatur | |||||
| Decatur, Georgia, United States | |||||
| Investigator: | John Fryer, Ph.D., Asst. Director | Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service |
| Investigator: | Victoria Mongiardo, Program Analyst | Department of Veterans Affairs, Program Analysis and Review Section (PARS), Rehabilitation Research & Development Service |
More Information
| Study ID Numbers: | E2226R |
| First Received: | March 14, 2001 |
| Last Updated: | December 13, 2007 |
| ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT00013507 |
| Health Authority: | United States: Federal Government |
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