Recruiting

Walk On!

Sponsor:

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Code:

NCT07368907

Conditions

Falls Prevention

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Interventions

Walk On! Program

Study Details

Brief summary:

This is a multi-site, one-arm type-2 hybrid-effectiveness implementation trial. The goal of this clinical trial is to learn if the Walk On! program helps prevent falls in older adults who have trouble moving around or feel socially isolated. Researchers want to know:

1. What are the best ways for organizations to offer the Walk On! program and keep it running for older adults in their community?
2. Does Walk On! help prevent falls in older adults?

Older Adult Participants will:

1. Join group walking sessions led by a trained facilitator
2. Meet twice a week for 12 weeks (24 sessions)
3. Take part in simple tests before and after the program to see if there are any changes in older adults' function, confidence in not falling, or loneliness.

Conditions

Falls Prevention

Study ID

NCT07368907

Start date

Apr 6, 2026

Status verified date

Dec, 2025

Completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Primary completion date

May, 2027

Anticipated

Eligibility Criteria

Eligibility Criteria

Sex: All

Age: 18+

Healthy Volunteers: Not accepted

Program Older Adult Participants: Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age greater than or equal to 60 years
  • Able to provide own transportation to the program each week
  • No planned extended travel or time away during the 12 week program period
  • English speaking with intact verbal and written communication skills
  • Free of current fracture
  • Able to ambulate independently, with or without an assistive device (i.e., cane or walker)

Program Participants: Exclusion Criteria:

  • Serious or unstable medical or psychiatric condition that would prevent participation in research study
  • Lack of decision-making capacity
  • Participated in an evidence-based falls prevention program within the past 12 months

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs): Inclusion Criteria:

  • Age greater than or equal to 18 years
  • English speaking

Community-Based Organizations (CBOs): Exclusion Criteria:

  • Not interested in offering a Walk On! program
  • Unwilling and/or unable to participate in implementation activities

Study Design

Enrollment

192 participants

Anticipated

Intervention Model

Single group

Primary purpose

Prevention

Interventions and Outcome Measures

Arms

experimental: Walk On! Program

This study uses a single-group model in which all participating Community-Based Organizations (CBOs) receive the same implementation support for Walk On! intervention adoption and delivery. All older adult participants enrolled will receive the intervention. All activities will be unblinded. Intervention participants will be older adults, including those with mobility limitations, recruited from the local community. All intervention activities will take place in person within a community setting. The intervention will focus on improving walking endurance, strength, and balance. The intervention will be delivered by trained facilitators based at CBOs. All facilitators will receive comprehensive training and implementation support as part of this study.

Interventions

Walk On! Program

24 sessions (twice weekly for 60 minutes over 12 weeks) with a focus on improving walking endurance, strength, and balance in older adults, including those with mobility limitations. All intervention activities will take place in person within a community setting. The intervention will be delivered by trained facilitators based at community-based organizations. All facilitators will receive comprehensive training and implementation support as part of this study.

Primary outcome measure

  • Adoption of Program [ Time Frame: Week 12 ]
  • Fall Incidence [ Time Frame: baseline ]
  • Fall Incidence [ Time Frame: week 12 ]
  • Fall self-efficacy [ Time Frame: baseline ]
  • Fall self-efficacy [ Time Frame: week 12 ]

Central Contacts and Locations

Central contacts

Jaime M Hughes, MSW, MPH, PhD

336-716-0835jaime.hughes@wfusm.edu

Laura W Jakiela, MS

336-716-3168laura.jakiela@advocatehealth.org

Locations

Wake Forest University School of Medicine

Recruiting

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, United States, 27101

More Information

Sponsor

Wake Forest University Health Sciences

Last update posted

Apr 29, 2026

Last verified

Dec, 2025

Keywords

  • Mobility Limitation
  • Implementation Science
  • Community-based

Trial information was received from ClinicalTrials.gov and was last updated on 2026-09-09. This information was provided to ClinicalTrials.gov by Wake Forest University Health Sciences on 2026-04-29.