Training- and Cost-effectiveness of an Internet-based Lifestyle-integrated Functional Exercise Program (iLiFE)

Launched by CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG · Jan 12, 2023

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ClinConnect Summary

All subjects will then be randomly assigned to receive either an internet-based therapist-led LiFE program with a home environment safety assessment (iLiFE) or attention control intervention. Randomization into block groups of four in a 1:1 ratio (the iLiFE group or the attention control group) will be generated in a password-protected excel file by independent research personnel not involved in data collection or intervention after the baseline assessment. The randomization will be concealed by the independent personnel. Research assistants who are blinded to the group allocation will cond...

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ALL

Eligibility criteria

• Inclusion Criteria:
• • aged ≥ 65 years,
• • community-dwelling,
• • have a fall history in the previous 12 months,
• • have a moderate or above risk of falls as assessed by the Physiological Profile Assessment (total z-score ≥ 1)
• • can ambulate on level surfaces without physical contact of another person as assessed by Functional Ambulation Category (score ≥ 3)
• • cognitively intact as assessed by the Hong Kong version of the Montreal Cognitive Assessment-5-minute protocol (score ≥ 16th percentile of the age and education-adjusted cut-off score)
• • able to communicate effectively.
• Exclusion Criteria:
• • uncorrected vision or hearing impairment,
• • unstable medical condition that may preclude the planned exercises, and
• • have been receiving or planning to receive any fall prevention program within the study period.