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

This study is not yet open for participant recruitment.
Verified February 2012 by Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization
Sponsor:
Information provided by (Responsible Party):
MR L, Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier:
NCT01537523
First received: February 8, 2012
Last updated: February 17, 2012
Last verified: February 2012
History of Changes
  Purpose

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.


Condition Intervention
Fracture
 Procedure: community-care program

Study Type: Interventional
Study Design: Allocation: Randomized
Endpoint Classification: Safety/Efficacy Study
Intervention Model: Parallel Assignment
Masking: Single Blind (Investigator)
Primary Purpose: Health Services Research
Official Title: To Investigate the Effect of Early Community-care Program on Physical and Depressive Aspects for Discharged Hospital Patient Suffered From Hip Fracture.

Resource links provided by NLM:

MedlinePlus related topics: Fractures
U.S. FDA Resources

Further study details as provided by Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization:

Primary Outcome Measures:
  • Elderly Mobility Scale [ Time Frame: 1 year ] [ Designated as safety issue: No ]

Estimated Enrollment: 60
Study Start Date: February 2012
Estimated Study Completion Date: April 2014
Estimated Primary Completion Date: December 2013 (Final data collection date for primary outcome measure)
Arms Assigned Interventions
Experimental: community-care program
receive intervention for 12 weeks
 Procedure: community-care program
community nurse care, physiotherapy
No Intervention: control

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.

  Eligibility

Genders Eligible for Study:   Both
Accepts Healthy Volunteers:   No
Criteria

Inclusion Criteria:

  • fracture hip patients discharged from queen mary hospital

Exclusion Criteria:

  • cognitive impairment
  Contacts and Locations
Please refer to this study by its ClinicalTrials.gov identifier: NCT01537523

Contacts
Contact: Man PM Fung, FHKCP 852-24435671

Sponsors and Collaborators
Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization
Investigators
Study Director: HO HO, MSc Volunteer department
  More Information

No publications provided

Responsible Party: MR L, Chief Executive Officer, Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization
ClinicalTrials.gov Identifier: NCT01537523     History of Changes
Other Study ID Numbers: RCT-001
Study First Received: February 8, 2012
Last Updated: February 17, 2012
Health Authority: Hong Kong: Ethics Committee

Keywords provided by Hong Kong Healthcare Volunteer Organization:
physical
psychological
fracture hip

Additional relevant MeSH terms:
Fractures, Bone
Wounds and Injuries

ClinicalTrials.gov processed this record on May 19, 2013