Recruiting people living with mild cognitive impairment into a fall prevention trial.

ABSTRACT:

Background

People with mild cognitive impairment (MCI) fall as often as people living with early dementia. Yet, few trials have investigated the effectiveness of fall prevention interventions for people with MCI. Recruitment of specific populations into long-term trials can be challenging, and to assist future studies, it is necessary to better understand more about trial recruitment. This study outlines the recruitment of people with MCI into the Balance on the Brain trial. This was a single-blind randomised controlled trial based in the Perth Metropolitan Area, which included people living with MCI in the community, aged 50 or over, and who were self-reported to not be meeting the Australian physical activity guidelines. The multi-modal exercise intervention was for 6 months, and

SUBMITTER: Burton E 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12918016 | biostudies-literature | 2026 Feb

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature