Faculty of Kinesiology Thesis Oral Examination - Molly Gallibois-FR and SJ

Event Details:

The thesis titled, "The Impact of a Standing Intervention on Falls in Long Term Care: A Secondary Analysis of a Randomised Controlled Trial," will be defended by Molly Gallibois on Monday, Aug. 16, at 11 a.m. via Teams.

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ABSTRACT

The purpose of this study was to investigate if a 22-week standing intervention would reduce falls in long term care (LTC). LTC residents were randomized to either a sitting control or standing intervention comprised of up to 20 minutes of supervised sessions five times per week over 22 weeks. The outcome measure was time to fall events during the post-trial 12-month follow-up. Falls were identified from incident reports at the LTC facilities. An Andersen-Gill model was used to assess the hazard ratio of falls in the intervention group relative to the control group while adjusting for previous number of falls, cognition, frailty status and sex. Eighty-nine participants were followed over a 12-month follow-up. The hazard ratio (95% CI) for falls was 2.01 (1.11 – 3.63) relative to the sitting control group. Further work is still needed to identify effective interventions to reduce the risk of falls in LTC.

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