Back to the Future: Bridging the Hospital to Home Continuum After Hip Fracture (B2F)

University of British Columbia

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Behavioral: Education Only; Behavioral: Telephone Support and Coaching

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01930409

H13-01810

Details and patient eligibility

About

The purpose of this study is to determine whether is is feasible and acceptable to deliver a telephone based coaching intervention compared with education alone in community dwelling older adults (age 60 and older) after a fall related hip fracture.

Full description

The investigators propose a randomized controlled trial design to inform the development of a larger scale study to test effectiveness of a clinician supported telephonic self management intervention for older adults after hip fracture. The primary aim is to determine feasibility and acceptability of the intervention, and the secondary aim is to measure statistical trends on quality of life at 4 months after fracture in community dwelling older adults. In parallel, we will conduct a process evaluation to ascertain key features of the intervention via qualitative interviews of participants and health care professionals involved in delivery of the intervention.

Enrollment: 30 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Adults (men and women) over 60 years of age
• Fall related hip fracture
• Community dwelling
• English speaking

Exclusion criteria

• Dementia
• Medical co-morbidities precluding physical activity (significant heart failure, palliative conditions etc.)
• Profound hearing loss

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Double Blind

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30 participants in 2 patient groups

Education Only

Active Comparator group

Description:

* A 1 hour education session in the acute setting * A toolkit with education, exercise and self management instructions for after hip fracture

Treatment:

Behavioral: Education Only

Education + Telephone Follow-up

Experimental group

Description:

* A 1 hour education session in the acute setting * A telephone delivered self management program , including a toolkit (education, exercise and self management instructions for after hip fracture), support to take an active role in recovery, including setting and monitoring goals, problem solving mobility barriers, and guidance on the recovery process following a hip fracture.

Treatment:

Behavioral: Telephone Support and Coaching

Behavioral: Education Only