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CompletedNCT06977529Updated May 18, 2025

Fall Prevention in Total Knee Replacement Patients

An interventional study of Algorithm; Algorithm-based maintenance created by researchers:such as falls training, early mobilization in Total Knee Arthroplasty, sponsored by University of Gaziantep. Completed at 1 site in Turkey. Open to participants aged 18 Years and older. Per ClinicalTrials.gov, last updated 2025-05-18.

Sponsored by University of Gaziantep · Not applicable, Interventional, and Supportive care

From the registry’s dates

  • Registered 1 year 2 months after the study started (first participant enrolled Jan 2024, registered Mar 2025).
Phase
Not applicable
Study type
Interventional
Enrollment
56
Allocation
Randomized
Ages
18 Years and older
Sex
All
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Study summary

Falls, one of the patient safety goals, lead to injury and death if not prevented. This study was conducted to determine the effect of algorithm-guided care on falling, fear of movement, fear of falling and postoperative recovery index for patients with total knee replacement surgery at high risk of falling. The research was conducted as a randomized, controlled and experimental study in the orthopedic clinics of a city hospital and a state hospital between 20.01.2024 and 04.06.2024. The sample of the study consisted of 56 patients who would undergo total knee replacement surgery with a high risk of falling. The patients were divided into two groups: experimental (n=28) and control (n=28) groups. "Patient Questionnaire", "Postoperative Recovery Index (ASII)", "Tampa Kinesiophobia Scale (TKÖ)", "International Fall Effectiveness Scale (UDES)" were applied to all patients participating in the study. The "Fall Prevention Algorithm" prepared by the researchers was applied to the experimental group patients.

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Conditions studied

  • Total Knee Arthroplasty

Keywords

  • ALGORİTHM
  • FALL
  • PATİENT SAFETY
  • TOTAL KNEE ARTHROPLASTY
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In context

Lead sponsor

University of Gaziantep is the lead sponsor of 100 studies on the registry; 26 are open to participants now.

Counted across the registry records on this site, refreshed daily.

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Who can participate

Ages eligible
18 Years and older
Sexes eligible
All
Accepts healthy volunteers
No

Inclusion criteria

  • Having a unilateral total knee replacement surgery for the first time,
  • Not having a psychiatric illness diagnosis,
  • Being able to speak and understand Turkish,
  • Being willing to participate in the research.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion Criteria:

  • Patients who will undergo emergency surgery,
  • Have hearing and speech problems,
  • Have visual impairment,
  • Have conditions that may affect cognitive functions
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Study design

Phase
Not applicable
Primary purpose
Supportive care
Allocation
Randomized
Intervention model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Double (Participant, Outcomes assessor)
Enrollment
56 participants (actual)

Study arms

  • Experimental
    EXPERİMENTAL

    The "Fall Prevention Algorithm" prepared by the researchers was applied to the experimental group patients.

    Behavioral: Algorithm; Algorithm-based maintenance created by researchers:such as falls training, early mobilization

  • No intervention
    control

    No intervention was made by the researcher.

Interventions

  • BehavioralAlgorithm; Algorithm-based maintenance created by researchers:such as falls training, early mobilization

    The "Fall Prevention Algorithm" prepared by the researchers was applied to the experimental group patients.

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What researchers measure

Primary outcomes

  1. FALL

    Patients' fall status will be recorded by asking questions in the "Patient Questionnaire Form".

    Time frame: Perioperative period , Within 30 days after surgery.

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Study locations

1 site
  • Gaziantep Universty
    Gazi̇antep, Şahi̇nbey 27900, Turkey
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References and documents

Individual participant data

Plan to share: No

No publications or documents are linked to this record.

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Updates

Tracking since Sep 25, 2026
No changes since tracking began. The registry record was last updated on May 18, 2025, before this site started recording changes on Sep 25, 2026. Its history is on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗
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Registry details

Key details

Study ID
NCT06977529
Lead sponsor
University of Gaziantep
Responsible party
Sibel ARSLAN (Assistant Professor, University of Gaziantep) — Principal investigator
First posted
May 18, 2025
Start date
Jan 20, 2024
Primary completion
Jun 4, 2024
Completion
Jun 20, 2024
Last update
May 18, 2025

Oversight

Data monitoring committee
No
FDA-regulated drug
No
FDA-regulated device
No
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