Skin Traction Versus Position Splint in Patients With Hip Fracture

Not Applicable

Completed

• Conditions: Pain; Hip Fractures; Splints; Complication of Traction Procedure

• Registration Number: NCT02287571
• Lead Sponsor: Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi

Brief Summary

The aim of this prospective, randomized controlled trial is to compare the effects of preoperative skin traction and position splint on pain, comfort, complications, difficulty level of nursing interventions, satisfaction from treatment and nursing care in patients with hip fracture. The sample is comprised of 34 patients with hip fracture in each group, totally 68 patients. Skin traction and position splint were applied after block randomization. Data regarding pain, comfort, satisfaction from care, immobilization comfort, complications, time of operation and hospitalization time were collected after intervention.

Detailed Description

Not available

Study Timeline

• Study Start: 2013-03
• Primary Completion: 2014-04
• Study Completion: 2014-07
• Status Verified: 2014-11
• Study First Submitted: 2014-11-03
• Study First Submitted QC: 2014-11-06
• Last Update Submitted: 2014-11-06
• Study First Posted: 2014-11-10
• Last Update Posted: 2014-11-10

Recruitment & Eligibility

• Status: COMPLETED
• Sex: All
• Target Recruitment: 68

Inclusion Criteria

• Being inpatient who were planned the surgery due to the hip fracture (caput femur fracture, collum femur fracture, femur intertrochanteric fracture and subtrochanteric fracture) diagnosis in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic
• Being 50 years old or more
• Patients who speak and literate in Turkish
• Patients who gave informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion Criteria

• Any condition that emerges an obstacle for verbal and written interaction during data collection phase
• Unable to perform written or verbal communication in Turkish
• Withdrawal from the study due to medical reasons or death, at his/her will prior to preoperative data collection
• Urgent non-elective surgery
• Physician decision that do accept the method of immobilization assigned to the patient as appropriate

Study & Design

• Study Type: INTERVENTIONAL
• Study Design: PARALLEL

Primary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Satisfaction from the treatment	Up to 7 days	Satisfaction from the treatment was assessed by VAS score from the next day after intervention till the surgery.
Pain	up to 7 days	Pain was assessed by VAS score prior to intervention, 15, 30, 60 and 120 minutes after intervention and daily from the next morning of intervention till the surgery.
Comfort	up to 7 days	Comfort was assessed by VAS score prior to intervention, 15, 30, 60 and 120 minutes after intervention and by Immobilization Comfort Questionnaire daily from the next morning of intervention till the surgery.

Secondary Outcome Measures

Name	Time	Method
Complications	Up to 7 days	Complications (pressure ulcer, deep vein thrombosis, allergic skin reaction, pulmonary and urinary tract infection and constipation due to immobilization) were evaluated daily after intervention till the surgery.
Surgery duration	participants were followed for the duration of surgical procedure, an average of 2 hours	Time that the surgical procedure has taken was assessed.
Hospitalization duration	participants were followed for the duration of hospital stay, an average of 2 weeks	Time spent in the hospital till discharge was assessed.

Trial Locations

Locations (1)

Gulhane Military Medical Academy; 🇹🇷 Ankara, Turkey