Developing a Daily-use Fall Risk Assessment Device in Clinical Setting

The University of Hong Kong (HKU)

Status: Not yet enrolling

Conditions: Falls; Balance Assessment

Treatments: Device: iBalance

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT06767163

UW 24-540

Details and patient eligibility

About

Study Objectives Objective 1: Compare the fall risk assessment results between balance sensors, traditional tests, and clinical diagnoses.

Objective 2: Improve the feasibility of using sensors to assess fall risk among older patients in the hospital.

The investigators select Hong Kong as the region for the experiment. Specifically, the community clinics and daytime hospitals are the actual onsite locations for experimenting. The specific venues of these locations need an electrical power supply and a flat ground for conducting the device test. Patients will be recruited for the development and testing of a device for fall risk assessment, study participants will be involved in balancing assessments, and questionnaire surveys, their medical records will be accessed. And during these tests and questionnaire surveys, the investigators will take photos, videos, and or audio recordings.

Enrollment: 20 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 100 years old

Volunteers: Accepts Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. Older adults aged 60 years and above;
2. Understand Cantonese or Mandarin or English;
3. Clinical patients in the clinics.

Exclusion criteria

1. Unable to give written informed consent (e.g., illiterate or with cognitive impairment);
2. Inability to stand for 30 seconds without any assistance.

Trial design

Primary purpose: Device Feasibility

Allocation: N/A

Interventional model: Single Group Assignment

Masking: None (Open label)

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20 participants in 1 patient group

Intervention Group

Experimental group

Description:

Older adults with zero time of falls in the past twelve months will be treated as the reference group. Older adults with at least one time of falls in the past twelve months will use the device to assess their balance ability by attending three rounds of the tests.

Treatment:

Device: iBalance