Feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effects of PATH FOR timely transfer of geriatric HIP fracture patients from hospital to rehabilitation to home (PATH4HIP): a protocol for a mixed method study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

Hip fractures in older adults are significant contributors to severe functional decline and disability as well as hospitalization and increased health care costs. Research shows that timely referral to geriatric rehabilitation leads to better patient outcomes. Currently, a wide variability in the timing, the frequency, and the choice of appropriate setting for rehabilitation of hip fracture patients exists.

Aim

Evaluate the feasibility, acceptability, and preliminary effectiveness of PATH4HIP, a pathway intervention for timely transfer of post-operative geriatric hip fracture patients from hospital to rehabilitation to home.

Methods

This is a single-arm, pragmatic feasibility study to measure reach, effectiveness, adoption, implementation, and maintenance o

SUBMITTER: Backman C 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC9188093 | biostudies-literature | 2022 Jun

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature