Feasibility of Aktiv Gegen Sturzangst (AGES) in Assisted Living Facilities (AGES)
22. August 2026 aktualisiert von: Eric Lenouvel
A Cognitive-Behavioral and Exercise Intervention to Reduce Fear of Falling in Older Adults in Assisted Living Facilities: A Pilot Study
Aktiv Gegen Sturzangst (AGES) is a multicomponent group intervention combining cognitive behavioral therapy and structured exercise to address fear of falling in older adults receiving services from assisted living facilities.
This single-arm, non-randomized pilot study evaluated the feasibility of implementing AGES in three assisted living facilities in Switzerland and the feasibility of study procedures and outcome measures for a future controlled trial.
Nineteen older adults participated in eight weekly group sessions delivered by trained course leaders.
Feasibility outcomes included recruitment, retention, course-leader deployment, protocol adherence, completion of clinical outcome measures, and feasibility of contactless LiDAR-based gait assessment.
Studienübersicht
Status
Abgeschlossen
Bedingungen
Intervention / Behandlung
Detaillierte Beschreibung
AGES was developed as an adaptation of multicomponent approaches to fear of falling for use in German-speaking Swiss assisted living facilities.
The intervention consisted of eight weekly group sessions of approximately 60 minutes combining cognitive behavioral therapy-based discussion and reflection with structured balance, strength, mobility, and flexibility exercises.
Sessions were delivered by trained facility-based course leaders.
The pilot primarily assessed the feasibility of recruitment and retention, course-leader training and deployment, intervention delivery, completion of proposed outcome measures, and LiDAR-based gait assessment.
Clinical measures included the Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I), World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5), and Timed Up and Go test (TUG).
The study was exploratory and was not designed or powered to establish intervention effectiveness.
Studientyp
Interventionell
Einschreibung (Tatsächlich)
19
Phase
- Unzutreffend
Kontakte und Standorte
Dieser Abschnitt enthält die Kontaktdaten derjenigen, die die Studie durchführen, und Informationen darüber, wo diese Studie durchgeführt wird.
Studienorte
-
-
Canton of Bern
-
Bern, Canton of Bern, Schweiz, 3013
- Domicil Spitalackerpark
-
Biel/Bienne, Canton of Bern, Schweiz, 2504
- Alterswohnheim Büttenberg Biel
-
-
Canton of Fribourg
-
Murten/Morat, Canton of Fribourg, Schweiz, 3280
- Senevita Résidence Beaulieu Murten
-
-
Teilnahmekriterien
Forscher suchen nach Personen, die einer bestimmten Beschreibung entsprechen, die als Auswahlkriterien bezeichnet werden. Einige Beispiele für diese Kriterien sind der allgemeine Gesundheitszustand einer Person oder frühere Behandlungen.
Zulassungskriterien
Studienberechtigtes Alter
- Älterer Erwachsener
Akzeptiert gesunde Freiwillige
Ja
Beschreibung
Inclusion Criteria:
- Age 65 years or older
- Receiving some level of care or services through a participating assisted living facility
- Identified by facility staff as potentially experiencing fear of falling or expressing interest in a fall-prevention program
- Able to participate safely in group sessions
Exclusion Criteria:
- Moderate to severe neurocognitive disorder
- Unstable psychiatric illness, including an acute depressive episode or substance use disorder
- Physical limitations precluding safe participation in group sessions, including blindness, severe frailty, wheelchair dependence, or requirement for full mobility assistance
Studienplan
Dieser Abschnitt enthält Einzelheiten zum Studienplan, einschließlich des Studiendesigns und der Messung der Studieninhalte.
Wie ist die Studie aufgebaut?
Designdetails
- Hauptzweck: Verhütung
- Zuteilung: N / A
- Interventionsmodell: Einzelgruppenzuweisung
- Maskierung: Keine (Offenes Etikett)
Waffen und Interventionen
Teilnehmergruppe / Arm |
Intervention / Behandlung |
|---|---|
|
Experimental: AGES Intervention
Participants received the AGES intervention, consisting of eight weekly approximately 60-minute group sessions combining cognitive behavioral therapy-based components with structured physical exercises targeting balance, strength, mobility, and flexibility.
|
Eight weekly group sessions delivered by trained course leaders.
Sessions included cognitive behavioral therapy-based discussion and reflection addressing emotions, automatic thoughts, safety behaviors, assumptions, goal setting, and self-management, combined with structured exercises performed in seated or supported-standing positions where appropriate.
Andere Namen:
|
Was misst die Studie?
Primäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
|---|---|---|
|
Course-leader deployment
Zeitfenster: During the 8-week intervention period
|
Number and proportion of trained course leaders who subsequently delivered an AGES intervention group
|
During the 8-week intervention period
|
|
Participant retention
Zeitfenster: Baseline to approximately 8 weeks
|
Number and proportion of enrolled participants retained through completion of the intervention
|
Baseline to approximately 8 weeks
|
|
Completion of clinical outcome measures
Zeitfenster: Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
Number and proportion of participants providing paired FES-I, WHO-5 and TUG assessments
|
Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
|
Protocol adherence
Zeitfenster: Through approximately 8 weeks
|
Number of delivering course leaders reporting delivery according to the standardized intervention manual without major deviations
|
Through approximately 8 weeks
|
|
Feasibility of LiDAR gait assessment
Zeitfenster: At approximately Week 8, toward the end of the 8-week intervention period
|
Proportion of participants in whom LiDAR measurement could be acquired and proportion of acquired measurements yielding usable processed gait data
|
At approximately Week 8, toward the end of the 8-week intervention period
|
Sekundäre Ergebnismessungen
Ergebnis Maßnahme |
Maßnahmenbeschreibung |
Zeitfenster |
|---|---|---|
|
Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I)
Zeitfenster: Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
The Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) is a 16-item questionnaire assessing concern about falling during physical and social activities.
Each item is scored from 1 (not at all concerned) to 4 (very concerned), giving a total score ranging from 16 to 64.
Higher scores indicate greater concern about falling and therefore a worse outcome.
|
Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
|
World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5)
Zeitfenster: Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
The World Health Organization-5 Well-Being Index (WHO-5) is a 5-item questionnaire assessing subjective psychological well-being over the previous two weeks.
Each item is scored from 0 (at no time) to 5 (all of the time), giving a total raw score ranging from 0 to 25.
Higher scores indicate greater psychological well-being and therefore a better outcome.
|
Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
|
Timed Up and Go (TUG) Test
Zeitfenster: Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
The Timed Up and Go (TUG) test assesses functional mobility.
Participants are timed, in seconds, while standing up from a chair, walking 3 meters, turning, walking back, and sitting down.
The outcome is the time required to complete the test.
Lower times indicate better functional mobility, whereas higher times indicate worse mobility.
|
Baseline and approximately 8 weeks
|
Mitarbeiter und Ermittler
Hier finden Sie Personen und Organisationen, die an dieser Studie beteiligt sind.
Sponsor
Ermittler
- Studienleiter: Stefan Kloeppel, MD, Department of Old Age Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University Hospital of Psychiatry (UPZ), Bern
Publikationen und hilfreiche Links
Die Bereitstellung dieser Publikationen erfolgt freiwillig durch die für die Eingabe von Informationen über die Studie verantwortliche Person. Diese können sich auf alles beziehen, was mit dem Studium zu tun hat.
Allgemeine Veröffentlichungen
- Lenouvel E, Ullrich P, Siemens W, Dallmeier D, Denkinger M, Kienle G, Zijlstra GAR, Hauer K, Kloppel S. Cognitive behavioural therapy (CBT) with and without exercise to reduce fear of falling in older people living in the community. Cochrane Database Syst Rev. 2023 Nov 15;11(11):CD014666. doi: 10.1002/14651858.CD014666.pub2.
- Lenouvel E, Novak L, Biedermann A, Kressig RW, Kloppel S. Preventive treatment options for fear of falling within the Swiss healthcare system : A position paper. Z Gerontol Geriatr. 2022 Nov;55(7):597-602. doi: 10.1007/s00391-021-01957-w. Epub 2021 Sep 29.
Studienaufzeichnungsdaten
Diese Daten verfolgen den Fortschritt der Übermittlung von Studienaufzeichnungen und zusammenfassenden Ergebnissen an ClinicalTrials.gov. Studienaufzeichnungen und gemeldete Ergebnisse werden von der National Library of Medicine (NLM) überprüft, um sicherzustellen, dass sie bestimmten Qualitätskontrollstandards entsprechen, bevor sie auf der öffentlichen Website veröffentlicht werden.
Haupttermine studieren
Studienbeginn (Tatsächlich)
1. September 2022
Primärer Abschluss (Tatsächlich)
31. Dezember 2022
Studienabschluss (Tatsächlich)
31. Dezember 2022
Studienanmeldedaten
Zuerst eingereicht
19. August 2026
Zuerst eingereicht, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt hat
22. August 2026
Zuerst gepostet (Tatsächlich)
26. August 2026
Studienaufzeichnungsaktualisierungen
Letztes Update gepostet (Tatsächlich)
26. August 2026
Letztes eingereichtes Update, das die QC-Kriterien erfüllt
22. August 2026
Zuletzt verifiziert
1. August 2026
Mehr Informationen
Begriffe im Zusammenhang mit dieser Studie
Schlüsselwörter
Andere Studien-ID-Nummern
- AGES-2021
- 849 - Age-Stiftung Project ID (Andere Kennung: Age-Stiftung)
Plan für individuelle Teilnehmerdaten (IPD)
Planen Sie, individuelle Teilnehmerdaten (IPD) zu teilen?
JA
Beschreibung des IPD-Plans
De-identified individual participant data underlying the results reported in the primary publication may be made available to qualified researchers upon reasonable request, subject to institutional approval, ethical and data-protection requirements, and assessment of the risk of participant re-identification.
IPD-Sharing-Zeitrahmen
Beginning 6 months after publication of the primary study results and available for 5 years thereafter.
IPD-Sharing-Zugriffskriterien
Requests will be considered from qualified researchers submitting a scientifically sound proposal.
Access will be subject to review by the study investigators and, where required, the responsible institution or ethics body.
Data will be shared only where compatible with participant consent, applicable data-protection requirements, and an acceptable risk of re-identification.
A data-use agreement may be required.
Art der unterstützenden IPD-Freigabeinformationen
- STUDIENPROTOKOLL
Arzneimittel- und Geräteinformationen, Studienunterlagen
Studiert ein von der US-amerikanischen FDA reguliertes Arzneimittelprodukt
Nein
Studiert ein von der US-amerikanischen FDA reguliertes Geräteprodukt
Nein
Diese Informationen wurden ohne Änderungen direkt von der Website clinicaltrials.gov abgerufen. Wenn Sie Ihre Studiendaten ändern, entfernen oder aktualisieren möchten, wenden Sie sich bitte an register@clinicaltrials.gov. Sobald eine Änderung auf clinicaltrials.gov implementiert wird, wird diese automatisch auch auf unserer Website aktualisiert .