NCT03422497

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

The Association of Sex With Provision of Guideline-based Perioperative Care for Hip Fracture Surgery Patients: a Population-based Study

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 50,000 (actual)
• Sponsor: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Hip Fractures
• Gender Bias
• Surgery
• Anesthesia

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Male sex	Male sex-as listed in the discharge abstract database
OTHER	Female sex	Male sex-as listed in the discharge abstract database

Timeline

• Start date: 2013-05-01
• Primary completion: 2016-03-01
• Completion: 2016-03-01
• First posted: 2018-02-05
• Last updated: 2018-02-05