Awareness and Practice about Balance Training Apps or Fall Prevention Apps among Elderly Population- A Questionnaire based Study
1 Poorvi Mathur; 2 Sarika Bhati; 3 Renuka JakharHealth systems integrated with conventional care models have great possibilities to influence the rehabilitation provided and wide spread use of these apps depends on awareness, accessibility and usability. The aim of this study is to assess awareness and practice of mobile apps helping in balance assessment, rehabilitation and fall prevention among elderly population. An online questionnaire will be developed including questions for demographic data, regarding their medical history with special attention given to their balance issues and questions addressing awareness and usage of balance assessment mobile apps. It will be distributed to 400 elderly relatives of students at Faculty of Physiotherapy. Out of all the responses recorded, the frequency of each response for respective questions filled in will be recorded. The balance training apps are convenient, cost effective, can be customized to one’s needs and preference. These apps are easily accessible and can be used as a tool for rehabilitation and reducing risk of fall. The introduction and practice of these apps will further make elderly population independent in ADLs and reduce prevalence of injury.