Recruiting

OTAGO & Motivational Interviewing

Sponsor:

Oregon Health and Science University

Code:

NCT06931067

Conditions

Fall Risk Factors

Physical Activity

Engagement, Patient

Community-dwelling Older Adults

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 60 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

OTAGO Exercise Program with motivational interviewing

Study Details

Brief summary:

The goal of this study is to see if OTAGO instructors, who have been trained in a special communication method called motivational interviewing, can help older adults start and stick with the OTAGO exercise program. The results will help guide future research on how behavior change techniques can support other fall prevention strategies.

Conditions

Fall Risk Factors

Physical Activity

Engagement, Patient

Community-dwelling Older Adults

Study ID

NCT06931067

Start date

Feb 20, 2025

Status verified date

Apr, 2025

Completion date

Feb, 2026

Anticipated

Primary completion date

Feb, 2026

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 60 - 70+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age ≥60
  • At high fall risk: At least one "Yes" to 1) had a fall in the past year; 2) answer "difficult" to the question "do you find it hard to stand without using your hands"; 3) worry about falling
  • Able to converse audibly and coherently in English
  • Ambulatory with or without assistive device use
  • Self-report challenges navigating the environment outside of the home
  • At least one "some or much difficulty" or "unable to do" to:Walking one block?; Stepping up onto a curb?; Getting out of a straight back chair? Climbing one flight of stairs? Getting out of the house

Exclusion Criteria:

  • o Receiving ongoing physical therapy with a primary focus on improving balance and strength of lower extremities

  • Experiencing acute health issues such as fracture, pain, or infection that prohibits them from participating in exercises
  • Able to stand on one foot for more than 10 seconds without holding onto something
  • 6-item Callahan cognitive assessment over the phone: Patients with scores of 2 or less, positive for dementia criteria, will be excluded.
  • Patients participating in other studies that may impact fall-related behavior change.
  • Participants engaged in routine moderate or vigorous physical activities that require lower extremity balance and strength (e.g., >100 minutes/week for more than 3 months)

Study Design

Enrollment

60 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Intervention arm

OTAGO exercise home visits will be offered 7 times with 2 phone-based check-ins during the 6-month period. As part of OTAGO home visits, participants will receive OTAGO exercise instruction and MI. Each home visit will be approximately an hour.

Interventions

OTAGO Exercise Program with motivational interviewing

OTAGO exercise home visits will be offered 7 times with 2 phone-based check-ins during the 6-month period. As part of OTAGO home visits, participants will receive OTAGO exercise instruction and MI. Each home visit will be approximately an hour.

Primary outcome measure

  • OTAGO exercise adherence [ Time Frame: Baseline, 6-months & 12 months ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Hiroko Kiyoshi-Teo, PhD, RN

5034943858kiyoshi@ohsu.edu

Locations

Oregon Health & Science University

Recruiting

Portland, Oregon, United States, 97239

More Information

Sponsor

Oregon Health and Science University

Last update posted

Apr 16, 2025

Last verified

Apr, 2025

Keywords

  • OTAGO
  • OEP
  • Motivational interviewing
  • behavior change

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-10. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Oregon Health and Science University on 2025-04-16.