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Communication for Early Mobilisation of People Living With Dementia Following Surgery for Hip Fracture

NCT07418268 · Status: NOT_YET_RECRUITING · Type: OBSERVATIONAL · Enrollment: 200

Last updated 2026-02-18

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Summary

This goal of this study is to identify ways that healthcare professionals communicate that are effective in helping a person living with dementia to stand or walk after surgery for a broken hip (hip fracture). We aim to identify 'what works' in successfully helping people with dementia to mobilise early, and share this in practice. The main question the research aims to answer is:

What healthcare professional communication practices are effective in achieving early and continued mobilisation among people living with dementia following hip fracture surgery?

We will use a research method called 'Conversation Analysis', to look at the fine detail of the language healthcare professionals use and responses to it. We will make video recordings of real-life ward care, when healthcare staff are trying to help a person with dementia get up early after hip fracture surgery. We will involve people with dementia in decisions to take part and get agreement from their families before we record anything. We have done this successfully in two previous studies. We will record up to 50 episodes of care on three trauma orthopaedic wards. We will identify specific, practical recommendations and 'teachable' approaches: ways of speaking, or sequences of requests or instructions. We will work with people with dementia, family carers, educators and clinicians to do this. We will use clips of videos in future communication training.

Conditions

  • Dementia
  • Hip Fracture
  • Early Mobilisation
  • Communication Research
  • Communication
  • Communication Skills
  • Rehabilitation Frail Elderly Subjects
  • Rehabilitation Strategies for Elderly Post-operative Patients

Sponsors & Collaborators

  • University of Nottingham

    lead OTHER

Eligibility

Min Age
18 Years
Sex
ALL
Healthy Volunteers
No

Timeline & Regulatory

Start
2026-02-28
Primary Completion
2026-09-30
Completion
2026-09-30

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