Perspectives of informal caregivers who support people following hip fracture surgery: a qualitative study embedded within the HIP HELPER feasibility trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This study aims to illuminate the perspectives of informal caregivers who support people following hip fracture surgery.

Design

A qualitative study embedded within a now completed multicentre, feasibility randomised controlled trial (HIP HELPER).

Setting

Five English National Health Service hospitals.

Participants

We interviewed 20 participants (10 informal caregivers and 10 people with hip fracture), following hip fracture surgery. This included one male and nine females who experienced a hip fracture; and seven male and three female informal caregivers. The median age was 72.5 years (range: 65-96 years), 71.0 years (range: 43-81 years) for people with hip fracture and informal caregivers, respectively.

Methods

Semistructured, virtual intervi

SUBMITTER: Welsh A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10660837 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Nov

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature