Impact of telephone coaching supporting a physical maintenance exercise programme for older adults at risk of falls: a randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Encouraging compliance with recommended levels of exercise for older adults is a public health challenge. A minimal-resource solution is telephone coaching.

Objectives

Primary aim: to compare timed up and go (TUG) performance 6 months after beginning a home exercise program between a group of older individuals who received additional telephone coaching, and a control group performing the home exercise program alone. Secondary aims: to compare functional and fall-related outcomes between groups at 6 and 12 months.

Methods

Multicentre, assessor-blinded, randomised, controlled, open label, prospective study. Inclusion criteria included age ≥ 65 years, ≥ 1 fall in the past year, and discharged home from hospital rehabilitation or outpatient physiotherapy. All p

SUBMITTER: Rince G 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11515194 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature