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NCT Number: NCT01934400

Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention Education

Objective: The study is to increasing osteoporosis awareness with fracture risk assessments and management as well as fall prevention among elderly in northern region of Taiwan.

Method: Six community osteoporosis and fall prevention educational programme will be held at northern region of Taiwan. A questionnaires design including demographic variables , FRAX variables, nutritional variables and osteoporosis and fall knowledge variables as well.The pretest-posttest method was used to analyse the effect on education.

Expected outcomes : (1)Fall prevention educational programme will hold in northern region of Taiwan at different communities in order to increasing osteoporosis awareness with fracture risk assessment tool, establishing fall knowledges among elderly and some fall prevention skills.(2)Elderly with 10-year probability of major osteoporotic fracture risk who more than 20% and 10-year probability of hip fracture risk who more than 3% will identify as high risk of osteoporosis. (3) To estimate number of cases who identified as high risk will recommend for BMD measurement.

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Key information

Conditions

Osteoporosis Bone Diseases Bone Diseases, Metabolic Metabolic Diseases Musculoskeletal Diseases Nutritional and Metabolic Diseases

Age range

40 year–90 year

Sex eligibility

All sexes

Study type

Observational

Primary location

National Taiwan University Hospital

Taipei, 100, Taiwan

Who can participate

Healthy volunteers accepted: Yes

Only the study team can determine whether someone qualifies for participation.

Inclusion criteria

  • Adults between the ages of 40 to 90.
  • Adults who been fractures prior to assessment.
  • Adults who have ability, well conscious to complete the questionnaires.

Exclusion criteria

1.Adults who have treatment currently will not include in this study.

Treatment and study plan

Primary outcomes

  1. Measurement of effects of fall prevention education.

    Time frame: 6-months

    The primary outcomes is to determine the effects after investigaor given the fall prevention education. The pretest-posttest method was used to analyse the effect on education.

Sponsors and collaborators

Lead sponsor

National Taiwan University Hospital

Other

Registry information

Official study title

Osteoporosis and Fall Prevention Education With High Risk Population Telephone Follow up Study

Important dates

Study start
2013
Primary completion
2013
Study completion
2013
First posted
Sep 4, 2013
Registry last updated
Apr 23, 2014

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