The objective of this clinical trial is to evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of a standardized care plan to reduce the fear of falling in people over 65 years of age with fear of falling who live in the community. The main questions it aims to answer are: * Is it possible to reduce the fear of falling in patients over 65 years of age through an educational intervention in primary care? * Is it possible to reduce falls in patients older than 65 years through an educational intervention in primary care? Half of the participants will receive an educational intervention consisting of 6 two-hour sessions at the Health Center. The comparison group will follow the usual clinical practice recommended by the Primary Care Assistance Management of the Community of Madrid. It is intended to observe if there are differences in the fear of falling and falls in both groups.
General objective: To evaluate the effectiveness of the implementation of a standardized care plan to reduce the fear of falling in people over 65 years of age with fear of falling who live in the community. Specific objectives: * Determine the score of the short FES-I questionnaire in people over 65 years of age who have completed the care plan and in those who have followed usual clinical practice. * Analyze the relationship between the sociodemographic variables of the patients and the clinical and functional variables with the score of the short FES-I questionnaire, both in the control and intervention groups. * Analyze the relationship between the sociodemographic variables of the patients and the clinical and functional variables with the incidence of falls in both the control and intervention groups. * Analyze the satisfaction of the application of the proposed standardized care plan. * Analyze the safety of the application of the proposed standardized care plan. * Analyze the effect of the intervention (measured through the mean difference in the short FES-I questionnaire) on the functional variables, the emotional state (anxiety and depression, measured through the Generalized Anxiety Disorder-7 (GAD- 7) and Patient Health Questionnaire-8 (PHQ-8)), self-care capacity (through the Self-Care Agency Capacity-Reduced scale) and perception of health. * Characterize (by age, sex, functional status, clinical and emotional situation) the patients who suffered falls. * Evaluate the feasibility and acceptability by patients and professionals of carrying out a Randomized Clinical Trial (RCT) to reduce the fear of falling and the incidence of falls by carrying out a standardized care plan that combines physical exercise and cognitive therapy. behavioral.
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
SINGLE
Enrollment
163
The intervention will consist of 5 initial sessions, plus a reinforcement session at 6 months. The sessions will last 2 hours and will preferably be distributed one day a week. The objective of the intervention is to reduce the fear of falling and falls in people over 65 years of age who live in the community. To this end, nursing interventions will be included to improve the knowledge, skills and attitudes of the participants regarding the improvement of their functional capacity, the prevention of falls and their preventive measures, as well as the improvement in the management of anxiety and coping with the fear of falling and falls. The activities carried out during the intervention have been extracted from standardized nursing interventions through the Nursing Interventions Classification (NIC). The following interventions and activities will be addressed: 1665, 5612, 6490, 6486, 4700, 5820 and 5230.
Centro de Salud Sector III.
Getafe, Madrid, Spain
Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International adapted to Spanish.
(FES-I) Range 7-28. 11 or more points: indicates fear of falling.
Time frame: One month post intervention.
Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International adapted to Spanish.
(FES-I)Range 7-28. 11 or more points: indicates fear of falling.
Time frame: Six months post intervention.
Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International adapted to Spanish.
(FES-I). Range 7-28. 11 or more points: indicates fear of falling.
Time frame: 12 months post intervention.
Number of participants with post-intervention Falls.
Post-intervention Falls (yes or no)
Time frame: One month post-intervention.
Number of participants with post-intervention Falls.
Post-intervention Falls (yes or no)
Time frame: Six months post intervention.
Number of participants with post-intervention Falls.
Post-intervention Falls (yes or no)
Time frame: 12 months post intervention.
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