Stressors and coping strategies in older people hospitalised for hip surgery following a fall: a multiple case study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

More than half of older persons admitted to an emergency department after a fall have a hip fracture and require surgery for a total hip replacement. This procedure has a high risk of postoperative complications and consequences for older persons, their informal caregivers, and the healthcare system. This study aimed to explore the perceptions of older persons, their informal caregivers and health professionals about intra-personal, inter-personal and extra-personal stressors arising from hip surgery following the fall of an older person hospitalised in orthopaedics, as well as the coping strategies used and the results obtained.

Methods

A qualitative multiple case study. The sample consisted of eight cases. Each case consisted of one older person, their informal

SUBMITTER: Cohen C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11401280 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature