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Trial reportBMJ open2015

Evaluating the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme delivered through a tablet computer for preventing falls in older community-dwelling people over 2 years: study protocol for the Standing Tall randomised controlled trial.

K Delbaere, T Valenzuela, A Woodbury, T Davies, J Yeong, D Steffens, L Miles, L Pickett, G A R Zijlstra, L Clemson and 3 more

Abstract readRandomized Controlled Trial
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Trial report in BMJ open, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 29 papers, 1 of them a synthesis that pooled it.

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1 · What the graph read from it

What it found

Each row is one number read from the abstract, on the scale the paper reported it, with its interval. Left of the dashed line favours the treatment, right favours the comparator. Under each row is the sentence it came from. New to these charts? A ten-minute tutorial.

The abstract states no effect estimate the extractor could read, or names no intervention and outcome on the map, so this paper lights no cell and moves no belief. It is still indexed, cited and linked below.

2 · The registry

The trial behind it

Trials whose registry record cites this paper, or whose number appears in the abstract. A trial that started after this paper was published is citing it as background, not reporting it.

Neither the registry nor the abstract names a trial number. If this is a trial report, that itself is worth knowing.

3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

29 citing papers in PubMed, 1 synthesis or guideline pooled it.

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  12. Home-Based Physical Activity as a Healthy Aging Booster before and during COVID-19 Outbreak.International journal of environmental research and public health · 2022
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4 · The record

Corrections and comments

PubMed lists nothing against this paper. Absence here is not a guarantee, only a check that was made.

5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

13 authors.

K DelbaereNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
T ValenzuelaNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
A WoodburyNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
T DaviesNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
J YeongNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
D SteffensNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
L MilesNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
L PickettNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
G A R ZijlstraDepartment of Health Services Research-Focusing on Chronic Care and Ageing, CAPHRI School for Public Health and Primary Care, Maastricht University, Maastricht, The Netherlands.
L ClemsonSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Ageing Work and Health Research Unit, Faculty of Health Sciences, The University of Sydney, Lidcombe, New South Wales, Australia.
J C T CloseNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Prince of Wales Clinical School, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
K HowardSydney School of Public Health, The University of Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia Institute for Choice UniSA, North Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
S R LordNeuroscience Research Australia, University of New South Wales, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Funding

No grant is acknowledged in the PubMed record.

6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionIn order to prevent falls, older people should exercise for at least 2 h per week for 6 months, with a strong focus on balance exercises. This article describes the design of a randomised controlled trial to evaluate the effectiveness of a home-based exercise programme delivered through a tablet computer to prevent falls in older people. METHODS AND ANALYSIS: Participants aged 70 years or older, living in the community in Sydney will be recruited and randomly allocated to an intervention or control group. The intervention consists of a tailored, home-based balance training delivered through a tablet computer. Intervention participants will be asked to complete 2 h of exercises per week for 2 years. Both groups will receive an education programme focused on health-related information relevant to older adults, delivered through the tablet computer via weekly fact sheets. Primary outcome measures include number of fallers and falls rate recorded in weekly fall diaries at 12 months. A sample size of 500 will be necessary to see an effect on falls rate. Secondary outcome measures include concern about falling, depressive symptoms, health-related quality of life and physical activity levels (in all 500 participants); and physiological fall risk, balance, functional mobility, gait, stepping and cognitive performance (in a subsample of 200 participants). Adherence, acceptability, usability and enjoyment will be recorded in intervention group participants over 2 years. Data will be analysed using the intention-to-treat principle. Secondary analyses are planned in people with greater adherence. Economic analyses will be assessed from a health and community care provider perspective. ETHICS AND DISSEMINATION: Ethical approval was obtained from UNSW Ethics Committee in December 2014 (ref number HC#14/266). Outcomes will be disseminated through publication in peer-reviewed journals and presentations at international conferences. TRIAL REGISTRATION NUMBER: Australian New Zealand Clinical Trials Registry (ACTRN)12615000138583.

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Computers, HandheldResearch DesignAccidental FallsAgedAged, 80 and overAustraliaCost-Benefit AnalysisExercise TherapyFemaleFollow-Up StudiesHealth PromotionHumansLogistic ModelsMalePostural BalanceQuality of LifeGERIATRIC MEDICINEPREVENTIVE MEDICINEPUBLIC HEALTHQUALITATIVE RESEARCHREHABILITATION MEDICINE

Identifiers

PMID26493461
PMCPMC4620168

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