Orthostatic hypotension and rehabilitation.
Recruiting
- Conditions
- Patients admitted to the hospital with a hip fracture.Orthostatic hypotension
- Registration Number
- NL-OMON24425
- Lead Sponsor
- Diabetes Centre, Isala, Zwolle, The Netherlands
- Brief Summary
Not available
- Detailed Description
Not available
Recruitment & Eligibility
- Status
- Recruiting
- Sex
- Not specified
- Target Recruitment
- 200
Inclusion Criteria
Older patients (>70 years) admitted to the hospital with hip fractures who are treated with surgery.
Exclusion Criteria
-unable to mobilize before hospitalization
-Institutionalized in nursing home facilities before hospitalization
-life expectancy less than 3 months
Study & Design
- Study Type
- Observational non invasive
- Study Design
- Not specified
- Primary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -Orthostatic hypotension or orthostatic complaints <br>-Time to successful rehabilitation. Successful rehabilitation is defined as having the same functional status compared to the prefracture status. Functional status is evaluated using the mobility component of the Barthel index questionnaire. <br>
- Secondary Outcome Measures
Name Time Method -Muscular strength measured by Hand grip dynamometry<br>-Baseline characteristics like gender, medication, medical history, MMSE, operation and anesthesia technique.<br>-Fear of Falling and number of fall incidents.<br>-Groningen Frailty index (GFI)<br>-Blood Pressure (BP) and Heart Rate<br>-Successful rehabilitation defined as discharge to patients’ own home or to home for the elderly. <br>