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Geriatric Hip Fractures Caregiver Programme

NCT05393349 · Status: UNKNOWN · Phase: NA · Type: INTERVENTIONAL · Enrollment: 142

Last updated 2022-05-26

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Summary

Objective:

To study whether fracture hip patients can be benefited from the empowerment program

Hypothesis to be tested Primary hypothesis: empowerment program can improve the patient's functional recovery.

Secondary hypothesis: the program can improve readmission rate, length of stay, and secondary fracture.

Design and subjects This is a prospective randomised controlled trial and subjects are fracture hip patients

Instruments Ipads are needed to show the videos of the rehabilitation program

Interventions

The empowerment program consists of three main areas which directly correspond to the contents that the patients and caregivers expressed as most needed in interviews conducted by the investigators during hip fracture patients' follow up:

* Knowledge of the disease
* Confidence and skills in self-care management
* Support in the post-discharge period

Main outcome measures

Primary outcomes:

Functional scores (Modified Barthel Index and EQ-5D-5L) at the first follow-up visit (3 months postop).

Timed-up-and-go test at follow-up at 6 months and 1 year.

Secondary outcome:

Cumulative readmission rates at 1 month, 6 months, and 1 year The length of stay in the convalescent hospital Subsequent injury with fractures within 1 year

Data analysis Chi-square test is used for categorical variables. For continuous variables, the normal distribution is determined by the Kolmogorov-Smirnov test. Independent t-test is used for comparing average values of normally distributed continuous variables, while the Wilcoxon rank sum test is used for comparing median values of abnormally distributed variables.

Binary logistic regression is used to determine predictive factors for outcomes. Multivariate analysis is performed to verify independent predictive factors for outcomes.

Expected results Fracture hip patients can be benefited from the empowerment program.

Conditions

  • Geriatric Hip Fracture

Interventions

BEHAVIORAL

Empowering the patient and caregiver for early and safe discharge of patients with geriatric hip fractures

Orthopaedic surgeon, geriatrician, physiotherapists, occupational therapists, and nurses will make videos (each 3-5 minutes long) which are available to the patients and caregivers during both the hospitalization period and after discharge. They will complement the therapists' training sessions and allow revision of the contents by the patients and caregivers anytime. The patients and caregivers will be asked to complete an assessment after they view the videos to reinforce the knowledge they learn in the videos. Caregivers can be patient's relatives, friends or domestic helper who can commit to visiting the patient at least two days per week during the early discharge period.

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • The University of Hong Kong

    lead OTHER

Principal Investigators

  • Tak Man Wong · The University of Hong Kong

Study Design

Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Model
PARALLEL

Eligibility

Min Age
65 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2019-09-05
Primary Completion
2022-08-31
Completion
2023-08-31

Countries

  • Hong Kong

Study Locations

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