Clinical trials: Community-dwelling
Accidental Falls
Falls Prevention in Older Home Care Recipients
The aim of this study is to investigate the effect of a falls-prevention exercise programme on health-related quality of life, fear of falling, falls and physical function in older people receiving home care.
- Trial name
- NCT02374307
- Testing
- Exercise and education
- Where
- 6 sites in Norway
- Volunteers
- 155 people
- Sponsor
- Oslo Metropolitan University
Advanced Care Planning
A Portal-based Advance Care Planning Intervention Among Community-Dwelling Persons Living With Cognitive Impairment
The purpose of this research is to examine the feasibility of using a patient portal based advance care planning (ACP) tool to improve ACP discussions and documentation in persons living with cognitive impairment in outpatient…
- Trial name
- Portal-Voice (NCT06509373)
- Testing
- Advance Care Planning Tool - ACPVoice, Standard of Care for Advance Care Planning
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 300 people
- Sponsor
- Wake Forest University Health Sciences
Undernutrition, Aging
Feasibility of Nutritional Telemonitoring in Elderly Home Care Patients
An optimal nutritional status is essential for healthy ageing. Telemonitoring might contribute to maintaining or improving nutritional status in elderly people.The objectives of this pilot study are to test the feasibility…
- Trial name
- NCT03211845
- Testing
- Nutritional telemonitoring
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 20 people
- Sponsor
- Wageningen University
Aging, Frailty
Cognitive-Motor Exergame Training in Frail Adults
This international multicentre pragmatic randomized controlled trial (RCT) aims to evaluate the effectiveness of personalized, home-based cognitive-motor training using exergames in improving cognitive and motor functions in…
- Trial name
- SMART (NCT07074639)
- Testing
- Personalized, home-based motor-cognitive exergame training, Otago Exercise Program
- Where
- Switzerland
- Volunteers
- 344 people
- Sponsor
- Eleftheria Giannouli
Dysphagia, Healthy Aging
Swallowing Impairments in ICU Survivors and Community-Dwelling Adults
Post-intensive care syndrome (PICS), which consists of physical, cognitive, and psychosocial problems, is a pervasive complication for older intensive care unit (ICU) survivors and contributes to detrimental health outcomes and…
- Conditions
- Dysphagia, Healthy Aging, Post Intensive Care Syndrome, Caregiver Burden
- Trial name
- NCT07005037
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Community-dwelling Older Adults
Impact of Balance Training in Community-Dwelling Older Adults After Recovery From COVID-19
This research investigates the impact of balance training on improving functional performance and reducing fall risk in community-dwelling older adults who have recovered from COVID-19.
- Trial name
- NCT07002736
- Testing
- The Biodex training, Traditional balance training
- Where
- Saudi Arabia
- Volunteers
- 65 people
- Sponsor
- Cairo University
Falling, Community Dwelling Older Adults
Neurophysiological Changes After Perturbation-based Training in Older Adults
This is an assessor-blinded neurophysiological study. Participants will be randomly assigned to a perturbation-based training (PBT) or a walking (control) group.
- Conditions
- Falling, Community Dwelling Older Adults, Postural Stability, Brain Connectivity
- Trial name
- NCT06573658
- Testing
- Perturbation-based balance training (PBT), Walking exercise (control)
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 88 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Pregnant Women, Home Visits
Using Community Health Nurses and Workers for Home Visits to Pregnant Women to Improve Maternal and New Born Health in Ghana
Title: Using Community Health Workers (CHWs) and Nurses (CHNs) to increase Skilled Attendant at Birth (SAB) and improve Maternal and Neonatal Health in Rural Ghana Background: SAB is a key strategy for improving maternal and new…
- Trial name
- CHNCHW (NCT03907332)
- Testing
- Home visits
- Where
- Ghana
- Volunteers
- 952 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Ghana Health Services
Age Related Osteoporosis, Fall
Effects of FRAX+SARC-F Pre-screening on Preventing Fragility Fracture and Fall in Community-dwelling Older Adults
Hip fragility fractures are a major threat to functional independence in older adults locally and globally. In Hong Kong, the prevalence of osteoporosis and osteopenia in people aged >50 years were reported to be as high as 37%…
- Trial name
- NCT04709393
- Testing
- FRAX+SARC-F questionnaire pre-screening
- Where
- Hong Kong
- Volunteers
- 2,956 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Chinese University of Hong Kong
Congenital Hemiplegia, Unilateral Cerebral Palsy
Combining biomArkers and Tele-health Solutions for Delivering at Home and in the Community Precision Medicine for the Upper Limb in cHildren With HEMIplegia Due to Stroke
Paediatric (including perinatal) stroke has an incidence of between 1.3 and 13.0 per 100.000 yearly in Europe. 1/3 of children with neonatal and 50% of post-natal stroke will develop a hemiplegia with upper limb being generally…
- Trial name
- CATCH-HEMI (NCT06012617)
- Where
- Egypt
- Volunteers
- 60 people
- Sponsor
- IRCCS Fondazione Stella Maris
Obesity, Childhood, Malnutrition
Physical Activity and the Home Environment in Preschool-aged Children in Urban Bangladesh
The overall goal of this study is to generate new knowledge regarding the nutritional and environmental determinants of physical activity in young children living in a densely populated urban community in Bangladesh.
- Conditions
- Obesity, Childhood, Malnutrition, Anemia
- Trial name
- NCT04628897
- Testing
- Exposures
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 65 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hospital for Sick Children
Wounds and Injuries
Intervention to Prevent Fall Injuries to Young Children in the Home
Currently, six Public Health Units (PHUs) in Southwestern Ontario are taking part in the developed and implementation of a social marketing intervention campaign aimed at lowering the incidence of falls to children in the home…
- Trial name
- NCT01845415
- Testing
- Social Marketing Campaign, Intervention components
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 100 people
- Sponsor
- University of Guelph
Community-dwelling Older Adults
Stimulating Engagement in Daily and Physical Activities Among Older Adults Receiving Homecare Services (Part of Basic Care Revisited)
Most older adults want to stay at home for as long as possible. To reach this aim it is important to maintain their mobility and self-care abilities.
- Trial name
- NCT02904889
- Testing
- Stay Active at Home, Usual care
- Where
- Netherlands
- Volunteers
- 40 people
- Sponsor
- Maastricht University Medical Center
Sarcopenia
Fish Protein Supplementation and Sarcopenia Outcomes in the Community
Sarcopenia is a progressive and generalised skeletal muscle disorder involving the accelerated loss of muscle mass and function that is associated with increase adverse outcomes including falls, functional decline, frailty and…
- Trial name
- SARCO_COMM (NCT05356559)
- Testing
- Intervention, Control
- Where
- United Kingdom
- Volunteers
- 150 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Ulster
Stroke
Interdisciplinary Team Approach to Stroke Rehabilitation in Home Care
As the population ages and the number of stroke survivors increases, information is needed to determine the best way of providing home care services for rehabilitation to stroke survivors and their caregivers while containing…
- Trial name
- NCT00463229
- Testing
- Interprofessional Team Approach
- Where
- Canada
- Volunteers
- 101 people
- Sponsor
- McMaster University
Overweight
Challenge!, a Health Promotion/ Obesity Prevention Program for Teens
The purpose of Challenge! is to determine if adolescents enrolled in a health promotion/ obesity prevention program will have a healthier BMI-for-age z-score and body composition (body fat %), will consume a healthier diet, and…
- Trial name
- NCT00746083
- Testing
- Challenge!
- Where
- United States
- Volunteers
- 235 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- University of Maryland, Baltimore
Cognitive Function, Working Memory
Effects of Park Golf on Working Memory and Prefrontal Cortex Activation in Older Adults
This study investigates whether a park golf program can improve working memory and prefrontal cortex activity in community-dwelling older adults.
- Trial name
- NCT07807631
- Testing
- Park Golf Program, Health Education Program
- Where
- South Korea
- Volunteers
- 36 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Gwangju Health University
Hypertension, Condition
Adaptive Cognitive Training on Cognitive Function in Elderly Hypertension Patients in the Community
Objective A growing body of evidence supports hypertension as a risk factor for cognitive decline. Hypertension is significantly associated with accelerated cognitive decline, poorer cognitive function, and mild cognitive…
- Conditions
- Hypertension, Condition, Aging
- Trial name
- NCT06512922
- Testing
- adaptive cognitive training
- Where
- China
- Volunteers
- 120 people
- Sponsor
- Peking University
Cardiovascular Diseases, Healthy Lifestyle
Effects of Cardiovascular Health Education Program on Community-dwelling Older Adults at Risk of ASCVD
Despite older adults being exposed to an increased risk of atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease (ASCVD), they are generally underrepresented in cardiovascular prevention programmes.
- Conditions
- Cardiovascular Diseases, Healthy Lifestyle, Health Education
- Trial name
- NCT05031377
- Testing
- HE programme, Usual care
- Volunteers
- 80 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Osteoporosis, Osteoarthritis
The Effect of Exercise Training in the Community-dwelling Adults With Chronic Disorders
Previous studies have demonstrated that resistance training (RT) is beneficial to increase muscle strength, improve functional ability and the ability to rapidly produce force, known as the contractile rate of force development…
- Trial name
- NCT02017067
- Testing
- hydraulic resistance circuit training
- Where
- Taiwan
- Volunteers
- 58 people, healthy volunteers welcome
- Sponsor
- Far Eastern Memorial Hospital