Prevention and rehabilitation of osteoporotic fractures In disadvantaged populations 2 – subproject 3: a training program to regain mobility and independence after hip or pelvic fracture

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Patients with hip or pelvic fractures and an incipient to moderate cognitive impairment; Injury, Occupational Diseases, Poisoning

• Registration Number: ISRCTN69957256
• Lead Sponsor: Robert Bosch Gesellschaft für Medizinische Forschung mbH (RBMF), executive center: Robert Bosch Hospital

Brief Summary

2019 protocol in: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/31039754 (added 02/05/2019)

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Study Start: 2015-07-28
• Study Completion: 2018-09-17
• Last Update Posted: 27 May 2019

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 240

Inclusion Criteria

Inclusion criteria patients:
1. Hip or pelvic fracture if not older than 3 months
2. Community-dwelling
3. 4 m independent walking with walking aid
4. Age: 65 years and older
5. Cognitive impairment defined by having a Mini-Mental State Examination (MMSE) score of 17-26
6. Visual acuity: Snellen fraction =20/400

Inclusion criteria caregivers:
1. Supports patient = 10.5 hours per week (informal care in ADL, IADL, and supervision)
2. The support is not commercial
3 = 18 years of age
4. Willing to attend a personal consultation at the patient's home

Exclusion Criteria

Exclusion criteria patients:
1. Delirium,
2. Severe somatic or mental disease, which doesn’t allow participation,
3. Patient is not able to understand and speak German,
4. No telephone available
5. Place of domicile not reachable by public transport in the region of the study center Stuttgart or >50 km away from the study center Heidelberg,
6. Assessment T1b cannot be conducted at the person´s home in week 1-6 after rehabilitation,
7. Moderate to severe aphasia (amnestic aphasia is not an exclusion criteria) or severe apraxia of speech, 8. Progressive, terminal status,
9. Insufficient hearing ability to conduct phone calls

Exclusion criteria caregivers:
1. Current mental illness or cognitive impairment that affects the ability to understand the requirements of the assessments, to participate in the intervention or to give informed consent
2. No telephone available
3. Insufficient hearing ability to conduct phone calls
4. Not able to understand and speak German

Study & Design

• Study Type: Interventional
• Study Design: Not specified