An Intervention to Reduce Falls Among Adults with Intellectual Disability

描述（由申请人提供）：马萨诸塞大学医学院（UMMS）的研究人员将研究针对智力残疾成人（ID）的临床跌倒预防干预。对智力残疾人群的研究表明，智力和发育障碍的人一生中摔倒的风险更大。对于已经有某种程度残疾的人来说，跌倒伤害会对健康和功能产生巨大影响。总部位于马萨诸塞州的康复服务有限责任公司开发了一个预防跌倒的项目：直立和向前，使用基于证据的方法开发用于老年人群。为了评估和建立ID人群预防跌倒方法的证据基础，研究小组将进行一项试点研究，检查目前的直立和向前跌倒预防干预措施，使用评估和治疗记录来操作临床评估和治疗的组成部分，并评估使用类似方法研究社区居民预防跌倒干预措施有效性的可行性

DESCRIPTION (provided by applicant): Researchers from the University of Massachusetts Medical School (UMMS) will examine a clinical falls prevention-intervention targeted at adults with intellectual disability (ID). Studies in the population with intellectual disability suggest tat people with intellectual and developmental disability are at greater risk of falls across their lifespan. For individuals who already experience disability to some degree, falls injuries can have an enormous impact on health and function. The Massachusetts based Visiting Rehab Services LLC has developed a falls prevention program: Upright and Onward, using evidence-based approaches developed for use in the geriatric population. In order to evaluate and establish the evidence base for falls prevention approaches in the population with ID, the research team will conduct a pilot study to examine the current Upright and Onward falls prevention intervention, use assessment and treatment notes to operationalize the components of the clinical assessment and treatment, and assess the feasibility of using similar methods to study effectiveness of falls-prevention interventions in a community residential setting for people with ID.