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PERFECTED CRCT: Care of patients experiencing hip fracture & confusio

Not Applicable
Completed
Conditions
Specialty: Ageing, Primary sub-specialty: Ageing
UKCRC code/ Disease: Neurological/ Other degenerative diseases of the nervous system
Mental and Behavioural Disorders
Confusion
Registration Number
ISRCTN99336264
Lead Sponsor
niversity of East Anglia
Brief Summary

2017 Protocol article in https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29202786 protocol 2022 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/35228288/ (added 28/10/2022) 2023 Results article in https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36737086/ (added 06/02/2023)

Detailed Description

Not available

Recruitment & Eligibility

Status
Completed
Sex
All
Target Recruitment
282
Inclusion Criteria

1. Patient must have had a confirmed proximal hip fracture requiring an operation and be aged 60 or older at time of operation
2. Patient has a pre-op AMTS of 8 or below (including those with 0 because of an inability to answer questions)
3. Patient must have a ‘suitable informant’ (e.g. relative, unpaid or paid carer, care home manager) who has a minimum of once a week face-to-face contact with the patient and is able, and consents to, provide information on proxy measures
4. Patient and a ‘suitable informant’ must be recruited into the trial within 5 days of the hip fracture operation
5. Patient must spend a minimum of 5 days on the study ward

Exclusion Criteria

1. Decision taken not to have hip surgery
2. Patient not expected to survive beyond 4 weeks and therefore it is unlikely that follow-up data will be collected

Study & Design

Study Type
Interventional
Study Design
Not specified
Primary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
<br> Feasibility outcomes:<br> 1. Recruitment rate<br> 2. Retention rate<br>
Secondary Outcome Measures
NameTimeMethod
ot provided at time of registration
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