Prevention of Falls and Its Consequences in Elderly People (PRECIOSA)
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ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT02617303 |
Recruitment Status :
Active, not recruiting
First Posted : November 30, 2015
Last Update Posted : October 30, 2020
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Condition or disease | Intervention/treatment | Phase |
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Accidental Falls Osteoporosis | Procedure: OTAGO's exercises Procedure: COMMON PRACTICE | Not Applicable |
Study Type : | Interventional (Clinical Trial) |
Estimated Enrollment : | 402 participants |
Allocation: | Randomized |
Intervention Model: | Parallel Assignment |
Masking: | None (Open Label) |
Primary Purpose: | Prevention |
Official Title: | Effectiveness of an Intervention Through Physical Exercise for the Prevention of Falls and Its Consequences in Elderly People (75-89 Years) Performed in Primary Care: Study Protocol for a Randomized Controlled Trial |
Study Start Date : | September 2015 |
Actual Primary Completion Date : | September 2019 |
Estimated Study Completion Date : | January 2021 |

Arm | Intervention/treatment |
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Experimental: OTAGO'S program arm
Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the experimental group. They will receive OTAGO'S exercise program during three months, followed by adherence phase. Falls and fractures will be quarterly followed during 15 months.
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Procedure: OTAGO's exercises
The intervention is based on OTAGO's program, consisting of a set of aerobic exercises affecting gait, balance, stability and are adapted for older people to support them both in groups and individually. The program lasts 6 weeks (2 sessions per week) and is followed by a loyalty phase to consolidate the exercise program. Falls and fractures will be monitored quarterly for 15 months. |
Active Comparator: CONTROL GROUP
Patients meeting the inclusion criteria will be randomly assigned to the control group. Normal medical treatment will be provided by family physicians and nurses. Falls and fractures will be quarterly followed during 15 months.
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Procedure: COMMON PRACTICE
Normal medical treatment will be provided by family physicians and nurses. |
- Reduction of falls measured with a questionnaire from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on fall reduction in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured with a questionnaire at baseline and during follow-up.
- Reduction of fracture measured with a questionnaire (location, causes and consequences) from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on fracture reduction in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured with a questionnaire (location, causes and consequences) at baseline and during follow-up.
- Reduction of fear to fall measured with Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on reduction of fear to fall in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured with Falls Efficacy Scale (FES) at baseline and during follow-up.
- Parameters of physical frailty (strength) measured with switched test Timed Get Up and Go (TGUAG) from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on improvement of parameters of physical frailty (strength) in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured with switched test Timed Get Up and Go (TGUAG) at baseline and during follow-up.
- Parameters of physical frailty (balance) measured through Biodex Balance System ('stability index') from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on improvement of parameters of physical frailty (balance) in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured through Tinneti Scale and Biodex Balance System. Biodex Balance System provides valid, reliable and repeatable objective measures of a patient's ability to balance on stable and unstable surfaces. It provides visual biofeedback of a patient's ability to control their centre of gravity and their limits of stability. This test provides an objective 'stability index' that if higher than the predicted value indicates a strength, proprioception, and vestibular or visual impairment. Both monitoring at baseline and during follow-up.
- Parameters of physical frailty (motion) measured through "BTS G-WALK" from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on improvement of parameters of physical frailty (flexibility) in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured through "BTS G-WALK". It is a wireless laptop, its software allows to analyze basic parameters of motion. It will be monitoring at baseline and during follow-up.
- Parameters of physical frailty (endurance) measured with dynamometer from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on improvement of parameters of physical frailty (endurance) in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be tested as strength measured with dynamometer in leg and arm. It will be monitoring at baseline and during follow-up.
- Appointment at the surgery measured through questionnaire of number of appointment in the practice [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on reduction of appointment in the practice of primary and second care and hospital admission in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured through questionnaire of number of appointment in the practice in the previous year and during follow-up.
- Nursing Home admittance measured through questionnaire [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the incidence of OTAGO's physical intervention program on reduction of inclusion rate in home care or institutionalization in elderly (75-89years). Starting training with phase guided by physiotherapist, followed by loyalty phase guided by regular nurse. It will be measured through questionnaire of home care and/or institutionalization in the previous year and during follow-up.
- Drug reduction measured through questionnaire of kind of drug from April 2016 to June 2017. [ Time Frame: 15 months ]Evaluate the effect of drug reduction in the intervention of disprescription performed in the cohort by the usual care team in elderly (75-89 years). It will be measured through questionnaire of kind of drug, if there are any removed drug, and number and kind of drug removed to the end. Monitoring at baseline and during follow-up.

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Ages Eligible for Study: | 75 Years to 89 Years (Older Adult) |
Sexes Eligible for Study: | All |
Accepts Healthy Volunteers: | Yes |
Inclusion Criteria:
- Patients ≥ 75 to 89 years at baseline assigned to Primary Care Team and living in the community
- Ranking the Folstein Mini Mental State Examination test
- Expectation of permanence in the area at least 18 months.
- Agree to participate in the study by informed consent, after reading the patient information sheet.
Exclusion Criteria:
- Current participation in another trial or institutional program of guided physical activity.
- Patients with who have had a hip and/or knee operation or major injury or any other intervention in the last 6 months.
- Patients with who are unable to follow an aerobic physical activity program. Patients using assisted mobility devices are not excluded.
- Patients in Home Care Programs or Nursing Homes at baseline or during the training phase.
- Terminal or severe cancer cases.
- Patients disabled prior to or during the study period.
- Have not been visited in reference's Health Center in the last two years (displacement / transfer
- Very advanced dementia that not allows to follow the instructions in the exercise program and nurse's instructions. In case of a caregiver who assume the realization of exercise program and the following of tips, it may be included.
- Displaced, will temporarily shifted (>2months/year) o will definitively shifted patients of Health Center.

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Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier (NCT number): NCT02617303
Spain | |
CAP Barberà del Vallès | |
Barberà del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, 08210 | |
CAP Canaletes | |
Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, 08290 | |
CAP Serraparera | |
Cerdanyola del Vallès, Barcelona, Spain, 08290 | |
CAP Creu Alta | |
Sabadell, Barcelona, Spain, 08208 | |
CAP Badia del Vallés | |
Barcelona, Spain, 08214 | |
CAP Castellar | |
Castellar del Vallès, Spain, 08211 | |
CAP La Llagosta | |
La Llagosta, Spain, 08120 | |
Cap Centre | |
Sabadell, Spain, 08201 | |
Cap Can Rull | |
Sabadell, Spain, 08206 | |
CAP Ca N'Oriach | |
Sabadell, Spain, 08207 | |
CAP Sud | |
Sabadell, Spain |
Principal Investigator: | Rafael Azagra, PhD | Insitut Català de la Salut, Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona |
Responsible Party: | Jordi Gol i Gurina Foundation |
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: | NCT02617303 |
Other Study ID Numbers: |
P14/099 |
First Posted: | November 30, 2015 Key Record Dates |
Last Update Posted: | October 30, 2020 |
Last Verified: | October 2020 |
Individual Participant Data (IPD) Sharing Statement: | |
Plan to Share IPD: | Undecided |
elderly accidental falls osteoporosis fractures |
Primary Care Randomized clinical trial Otago exercise programme |
Osteoporosis Bone Diseases, Metabolic Bone Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Metabolic Diseases |