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The Comparison of Comprehensive Multi-disciplinary Program and Conventional Care Program on Fragility Fracture Elderly

NCT01382875 · Status: COMPLETED · Phase: PHASE3 · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 160

Last updated 2015-07-29

No results posted yet for this study

Summary

Fragility fractures are one of the commonest injuries among elderly people in Hong Kong and account for 12% of the disease burden in elderly aged 65 or above.

A good management healthcare program and training helps elderly to restore full functional level and prevent re-fracture in the following 2 years after primary fracture, but Hong Kong lacks of such program. Some reports from other countries pointed out a well-organized multi-disciplinary management programs are cost-effective to identify and treat osteoporosis, reduce the fracture rate, improve quality of life and raise awareness of fragility fracture.

This study aims to compare the cost-effectiveness of multi-disciplinary management program with conventional care controls. The clinical effectiveness outcomes (re-fracture rate, fall rate, mortality, mobility, quality of life and specialist follow-up time) of the fragility hip fracture patients in New Territories East receiving the proposed management program will be compared with those from Kowloon Central with usual care as controls. The findings will provide useful data for the policy maker to evaluate the current clinical service for fragility fracture patients and consider the implementation of new multi-disciplinary management program into our healthcare system.

Conditions

  • Hip Fracture

Interventions

OTHER

Multi-disciplinary management program

conventional healthcare program for fragility fracture patients plus vibration treatment, exercise class and educational talk

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • Queen Elizabeth Hospital, Hong Kong

    collaborator OTHER

  • Chinese University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Kwok-Sui Leung, MD · Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, The Chinese University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
HEALTH_SERVICES_RESEARCH
Masking
SINGLE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Max Age
90 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2009-09-30
Primary Completion
2012-12-31
Completion
2012-12-31

Countries

  • China

Study Locations

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