Three Care Models for Elderly Patients With Hip Fracture

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Hip Fracture

Treatments: Other: Comprehensive care; Other: Subacute care

Study type: Interventional

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT01350557

NHRI-EX98-9404PI

HMRPD180015 (Other Identifier)

Details and patient eligibility

About

Hip fracture in the elderly is associated with excess mortality of 5 to 20%, and mobility problems that usually results in costly hospital stays and lengthy rehabilitation procedures. The purpose of this study is to compare the costs and effectiveness of three care models- acute/sub-acute, comprehensive, and routine care models for hip fractured elders in Taiwan.

Full description

Hip fracture in the elderly is associated with excess mortality of 5 to 20%, and mobility problems that usually results in costly hospital stays and lengthy rehabilitation procedures. With this increase in the aging population, hip fracture represents a major and a fast growing health care problem in Taiwan. Currently, the incidence rate of hip fractures is 10 times of the incidence rate for the general population. Despite the use of advanced treatment, the one-year mortality rate (15.4%) remains significant, and many of the patients never recover completely in terms of activities of daily living functions. Many studies in the United States have proved that elderly patients with hip fracture can benefit from post-operative rehabilitation, early discharge planning programs, or transitional care programs. However, little is known about what intervention should be attempted for these patients and their families in Taiwan.

The purpose of this study is to compare the costs and effectiveness of three care models- acute/sub-acute, comprehensive, and routine care models for hip fractured elders in Taiwan.

Enrollment: 299 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 60+ years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Age 60 years or older
• Admitted to hospital for an accidental single-side hip fracture
• Receiving hip arthroplasty or internal fixation
• Able to perform full range of motion against gravity and against some or full resistance, and have a pre-fracture Chinese Barthel Index (CBI) score >70
• Living in northern Taiwan

Exclusion criteria

• Severely cognitively impaired and completely unable to follow orders (determined by a Chinese Mini-Mental State Examination [MMSE] score <10), or
• Terminally ill

Trial design

Primary purpose: Supportive Care

Allocation: Randomized

Interventional model: Parallel Assignment

Masking: Single Blind

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299 participants in 3 patient groups

Control group

No Intervention group

Description:

Patients receive only usual hospital care

Subacute care group

Other group

Description:

Patients receive hospital usual care and subacute care. Subacute care consisted of geriatric consultation, a rehabilitation program, and early discharge planning.

Treatment:

Other: Subacute care

Comprehensive care group

Experimental group

Description:

Patients receive not only the subacute care (geriatric consultation, rehabilitation program, and discharge planning), but also health-maintenance interventions to prevent falls, consult on nutrition, and manage depression.

Treatment:

Other: Comprehensive care