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Fall prevention for Older Community-Dwellers in Sri Lanka – An education Program to promote evidence–based practice by physiotherapists
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SLCTR Registration Number
SLCTR/2023/013
Date of Registration
The date of last modification
Jun 02, 2023
Scientific Title of Trial
Fall prevention for Older Community-Dwellers in Sri Lanka – An education Program to promote evidence–based practice by physiotherapists
Public Title of Trial
The effect of an online falls prevention education program in enhancing the knowledge, confidence and exercise prescription vs standard practice in Sri Lankan Physiotherapists for the prevention of falls in older community dwellers in Sri Lanka
Disease or Health Condition(s) Studied
Falls in the elderly
Scientific Acronym
FPEP
Public Acronym
FPEP
Brief title
Effect of an online falls prevention education program in enhancing the knowledge,confidence and exercise prescription in Sri Lankan Physiotherapists.
Universal Trial Number
U1111-1279-2057
Any other number(s) assigned to the trial and issuing authority
ERC: 2022/EC/55 Ethics review Committee, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya
What is the research question being addressed?
Is an online fall prevention education program able to enhance knowledge, confidence and exercise prescription in Sri Lankan physiotherapists compared to standard care?
Type of study
Interventional
Study design
Allocation
Randomized controlled trial
Masking
Masking not used
Control
Standard therapy/practice
Assignment
Parallel
Purpose
Health services research
Study Phase
Not Applicable
Intervention(s) planned
The education program has 2 sessions, 3.30 hours each 4. Control: Control will be a wait listed group who continue their normal practice throughout the data collection. 5. Standard practice: Whatever the individual physiotherapist is practicing for fall prevention in his/her clinical set up. The data collectors and the analysts will be blinded.
Inclusion criteria
Physiotherapists who are registered under the Sri Lankan Medical Council (SLMC) and working in Sri Lankan Government and private hospitals and clinics
• Physiotherapists who treat adults aged 60 years and older.
• Those who are with online access
Any Male or Female physiotherapists from the age of recruitment (20 years) until retirement (60 years) will be recruited.
Exclusion criteria
• Those who cannot understand the English language
Primary outcome(s)
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Secondary outcome(s)
1.
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Target number/sample size
130 in the intervention group and 130 in the control group
Countries of recruitment
Sri Lanka
Anticipated start date
2023-07-01
Anticipated end date
2024-04-01
Date of first enrollment
Date of study completion
Recruitment status
Pending
Funding source
Not Applicable
Regulatory approvals
Not applicable
Status
Approved
Date of Approval
2022-11-29
Approval number
2022/EC/55
Details of Ethics Review Committee
Name: | Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya. |
Institutional Address: | Ethics Review Committee of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya. |
Telephone: | 0812396000 |
Email: | chairpersonierc@gmail.com |
Contact person for Scientific Queries/Principal Investigator
FMD Chellapillai
Lecturer (Probationary)
Department of Physiotherapy, Faculty of Allied Health Sciences, General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
0772779477
cdhananjee@yahoo.com
Contact Person for Public Queries
Prof. Anula Kariyawasam
Professor
Department of Physiology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Peradeniya,
0718667836
tashiya2004@yahoo.com,
Primary study sponsor/organization
General Sir John Kotelawala Defence University
Kandawala Road, Dehiwala-Mount Lavinia 10390
0112 635 268
https://kdu.ac.lk/
Do the investigators plan to share identified individual clinical trial participant-level data (IPD)?
Yes
IPD sharing plan description
Individual participant data that underlie the results being reported, after de-identification (text, tables, figures and appendices). The statistical analysis plan will also be shared. Data will be available beginning 3 months and ending 5 years following article publication.Data will be shared with investigators whose proposed use of the data has been approved by an independent review committee identified for this purpose.Data will be shared to achieve the aims in an approved proposal and Meta analysis. Proposals should be directed to chellapillaifmd@kdu.ac.lk . To gain access, data requestors will need to sign a data access agreement. The link will be provided once the data is uploaded.
Study protocol available
No
Protocol version and date
Not Available
Protocol URL
Not Available
Results summary available
No
Date of posting results
Date of study completion
Final sample size
Date of first publication
Link to results
Brief summary of results