Skin traction's effect on the preoperative pain in hip fractures

Not Applicable

Recruiting

• Conditions: ow energy hip fractures.; Stress fracture, hip, unspecified, initial encounter for fracture; M84.359A

• Registration Number: IRCT20180729040636N3
• Lead Sponsor: Esfahan University of Medical Sciences

Brief Summary

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Detailed Description

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Study Timeline

• Results First Posted: 1900-01-01
• Last Update Posted: 13 July 2020

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 84

Inclusion Criteria

Candidates for hip surgeries due to low energy hip fractures who admit Kashani hospital (Low-energy hip fractures)
Signing the consent form (Consent)

Exclusion Criteria

Concomitant fractures with the hip fracture (Concomitant fractures)
Neurological conditions of which the patient is unable to percept pain(Neurological issues)
Drug abuse in any sense (Addiction)

Study & Design

• Study Type: interventional
• Study Design: Not specified

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Severity of the pain. Timepoint: before intervention, 2 hours after intervention, daily measure until the surgery. Method of measurement: A horizontal line with the length of 100 millimeter is shown to the patient. the line is divided into ten equal segments (each 10 millimeters) numbered 0 to 10(Visual Analogue Scale). The zero is named after no pain condition and 10 is introduced as the worst pain could exist. The patient is asked to mark the line based on his/her pain degree.