NCT01537523

To Investigate the Effect of Early Community-care Program on Fracture Hip Patient

To Investigate the Effect of Early Community-care Program on Physical and Depressive Aspects for Discharged Hospital Patient Suffered From Hip Fracture.

• Status: Unknown
• Phase: N/A
• Study type: Interventional
• Enrollment: 60 (estimated)
• Sponsor: Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: —
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

The early community-care program is well-known rehabiliation for the fracture hip patient. For the discharged fracture hip patient from hospital, it is worth to investigate the effect of early mobilization program to improve their physical and psychological aspects.

Detailed description

60 fractured hip patient will randomized allocated into intervention group and control group. The community-care include nursing care, physiotherapy and home modification according to the condition of the patient. The intervention will received community-care program for 12 weeks. Two sessions per week and total 24 sessions. The control group will receive the traditional medication. The outcome measure include elderly mobility scale and happiness scale. The measurement will take at initial and completion of the program. SPSS will be used for data analysis.

Conditions

• Fracture

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
PROCEDURE	community-care program	community nurse care, physiotherapy

Timeline

• Start date: 2012-02-01
• Primary completion: 2013-12-01
• Completion: 2014-04-01
• First posted: 2012-02-23
• Last updated: 2012-02-23