The Association of Sex With Guideline-based Perioperative Care in Hip Fracture Surgery

Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Fractures; Surgery; Gender Bias; Anesthesia

Treatments: Other: Female sex; Other: Male sex

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03422497

DM7

Details and patient eligibility

About

The investigators will use multilevel multivariable regression analysis to measure the association of sex with provision of guideline-based perioperative care for hip fracture surgery in Ontario.

Full description

In 2013, the Ontario Ministry of Health and Longterm Care published a 'Quality Based Procedures' guideline for care of hip fracture patients. The adjusted association of sex with receipt of 5 perioperative processes of care that can be accurately measured in health administrative data within this guideline will be investigated.

Enrollment: 50,000 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion and exclusion criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

• Non-elective hospital admission
• Hip fracture diagnosis
• Hip fracture surgery

Exclusion criteria

-None

Trial design

50,000 participants in 2 patient groups

Male hip fracture surgery patients

Description:

Individuals 65 years or older admitted non-electively to hospital with a diagnosis of hip fracture who have surgery for their hip fracture and have male sex listed in their discharge abstract

Treatment:

Other: Male sex

Female hip fracture surgery patients

Description:

Individuals 65 years or older admitted non-electively to hospital with a diagnosis of hip fracture who have surgery for their hip fracture and have female sex listed in their discharge abstract

Treatment:

Other: Female sex