Investigation of Sensory Processing Patterns of Elderly Individuals Who Have Had Hip Fracture Surgery

Atlas University

Status: Enrolling

Conditions: Fall Injury; Sensory Processing Disorder; Hip Fractures; Falling; Elderly; Sensitivity; Sensory Disorder

Treatments: Other: No intervention

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT05811559

SErarslan2023-1

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aims to evaluate the sensory processing processes of elderly adults who have undergone fall-related hip fracture surgery in the last 6 months, according to different patterns, and to examine the relationship between physical performance, fall risk, fear of falling, and depression parameters that may be related to sensory processing.

Enrollment: 134 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Being 65 years or older
• Being able to stand independently for 30 seconds
• Being able to walk 3 m independently (with an assistive device if necessary)
• Getting a score of 24 or more on the Mini Mental Test

Exclusion criteria

• Hip fracture patients receiving medical treatment for pathological hip fractures, polytrauma, traffic accidents, bone tumors
• Having a history of diseases that may directly affect the evaluation process (neurological diseases such as Parkinson's, Alzheimer's and cancer)
• Having vision and hearing loss
• Having a psychiatric illness