The value of nonoperative versus operative treatment of frail institutionalized elderly patient with a hip fracture in the shade of life (FRAIL-HIP); a multicenter observational study
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Proximal femoral fracture
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON23054
- Lead Sponsor
- oordwest Ziekenhuisgroep, Department of Surgery
- Brief Summary
one yet; study is ongoing
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 160
Inclusion Criteria
1) Frail institutionalized elderly person (i.e., 70 years or older, living in a nursing home pretrauma, who either are malnutritioned (cachexia of BMI<18.5 kg/m2), or had mobility issues (FAC 2 or less), or have an ASA class of 4 or 5)
2) Acute proximal femoral fracture, confirmed on X-ray or CT-scan
Exclusion Criteria
1) Bilateral proximal femoral fractures
2) Periprosthetic fracture
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life, measured with the EuroQoL-5D
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method Quality of life measured with the QUALIDEM; pain and pain medication; satisfaction of patient (or proxy) and caregivers with the management approach; time to death; direct medical costs.