Rehabilitation Care for Hip Fracture

Taipei City Hospital

Status: Unknown

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Other: comprehensive rehabilitation; Other: home rehabilitation

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01934946

TCHIRB-1020430

Details and patient eligibility

About

Purpose: Hip fracture is a common disease on elderly. They become disabled easily if no adequate rehabilitation was given. The aim of the study is to compare the effectiveness of different types of post acute rehabilitation care for hip fracture.

Full description

Method: This study will recruit 150 peoples with hip fracture from hospitals in Taipei from Jan 1, 2014 to Dec 31, 2014. The subjects from wards are randomly divided into group A, B and Group C. Each group includes 50 cases of hip fracture. Group C received 14 days hospitalization for comprehensive rehabilitation and 6 times home rehabilitation services within 3 months; Group B received 14 days hospitalization for comprehensive rehabilitation and Group A was control group.

Enrollment: 150 estimated patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60 to 80 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

1. more than 60 years old,
2. hip fracture s/p within 3 months,
3. potential for rehabilitation.

Exclusion criteria

1. Active infection, such as pneumonia, UTI, osteomyelitis, wound infection
2. Other uncontrolled medical condition, such as, dyspnea on exertion, acute renal failure, acute coronary syndrome, acute heart failure, uncontrolled diabetes, active malignancy, DVT, possibility of pulmonary embolism, acute psychosis
3. No caregiver
4. No potential for rehabilitation, such as severe dementia, poor cognition, poor cooperation and motivation, poor family support
5. ESRD on Hemodialysis

Trial design

Primary purpose: Treatment

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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150 participants in 2 patient groups, including a placebo group

comprehensive rehabilitation 10 days

Experimental group

Description:

comprehensive rehabilitation PT OT once per day for 10 times within 14 days hospitalization

Treatment:

Other: comprehensive rehabilitation

home rehabilitation

Placebo Comparator group

Description:

home rehabilitation 6 times of PT home visit within 3 months after discharge

Treatment:

Other: home rehabilitation