Should we provide outreach rehabilitation to very old people living in Nursing Care Facilities after a hip fracture? A randomised controlled trial.

ABSTRACT:

Objective

to determine whether a 4-week postoperative rehabilitation program delivered in Nursing Care Facilities (NCFs) would improve quality of life and mobility compared with receiving usual care.

Design

parallel randomised controlled trial with integrated health economic study.

Setting

NCFs, in Adelaide South Australia.

Subjects

people aged 70 years and older who were recovering from hip fracture surgery and were walking prior to hip fracture.

Measurements

primary outcomes: mobility (Nursing Home Life-Space Diameter (NHLSD)) and quality of life (DEMQOL) at 4 weeks and 12 months.

Results

participants were randomised to treatment (n = 121) or control (n = 119) groups. At 4 weeks, the treatment group had better mobility (NHLSD mean difference -1.

SUBMITTER: Crotty M 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6503935 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature