Health and social interventions to restore physical function of older adults post-hip fracture: a scoping review.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

Despite inpatient rehabilitation, many older adults post-hip fracture have difficulty returning to their prefracture levels of function and activity. This scoping review aims to identify interventions for community-dwelling older adults discharged from inpatient rehabilitation and examine the function and activity outcomes associated with these interventions.

Design

This scoping review followed Arksey and O'Malley's five-stage framework.

Data sources

We searched MEDLINE, CINAHL, PsycINFO, EMBASE and Ageline electronic databases for English-language articles published between January 1946 and January 2020.

Eligibility criteria

We included studies with health and social interventions involving community-dwelling older adults and their caregivers after

SUBMITTER: Omar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8547508 | biostudies-literature | 2021 Oct

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature