The impact of the frequency, duration and type of physiotherapy on discharge after hip fracture surgery: a secondary analysis of UK national linked audit data.

ABSTRACT: Additional physiotherapy in the first postoperative week was associated with fewer days to discharge after hip fracture surgery. A 7-day physiotherapy service in the first postoperative week should be considered as a new key performance indicator in evaluating the quality of care for patients admitted with a hip fracture.

Introduction

To examine the association between physiotherapy in the first week after hip fracture surgery and discharge from acute hospital.

Methods

We linked data from the UK Physiotherapy Hip Fracture Sprint Audit to hospital records for 5395 patients with hip fracture in May and June 2017. We estimated the association between the number of days patients received physiotherapy in the first postoperative week; its overall duration (< 2 h, ≥ 2 h; 30-min inc

SUBMITTER: Goubar A 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC8930962 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature