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Back to the future - feasibility of recruitment and retention to patient education and telephone follow-up after hip fracture: a pilot randomized controlled trial.


ABSTRACT: OBJECTIVES:Our primary aim of this pilot study was to test feasibility of the planned design, the interventions (education plus telephone coaching), and the outcome measures, and to facilitate a power calculation for a future randomized controlled trial to improve adherence to recovery goals following hip fracture. DESIGN:This is a parallel 1:1 randomized controlled feasibility study. SETTING:The study was conducted in a teaching hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada. PARTICIPANTS:Participants were community-dwelling adults over 60 years of age with a recent hip fracture. They were recruited and assessed in hospital, and then randomized after hospital discharge to the intervention or control group by a web-based randomization service. Treatment allocation was concealed to the investigators, measurement team, and data entry assistants and analysts. Participants and the research physiotherapist were aware of treatment allocation. INTERVENTION:Intervention included usual care for hip fracture plus a 1-hour in-hospital educational session using a patient-centered educational manual and four videos, and up to five postdischarge telephone calls from a physiotherapist to provide recovery coaching. The control group received usual care plus a 1-hour in-hospital educational session using the educational manual and videos. MEASUREMENT:Our primary outcome was feasibility, specifically recruitment and retention of participants. We also collected selected health outcomes, including health-related quality of life (EQ5D-5L), gait speed, and psychosocial factors (ICEpop CAPability measure for Older people and the Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale). RESULTS:Our pilot study results indicate that it is feasible to recruit, retain, and provide follow-up telephone coaching to older adults after hip fracture. We enrolled 30 older adults (mean age 81.5 years; range 61-97 years), representing a 42% recruitment rate. Participants excluded were those who were not community dwelling on admission, were discharged to a residential care facility, had physician-diagnosed dementia, and/or had medical contraindications to participation. There were 27 participants who completed the study: eleven in the intervention group, 15 in the control group, and one participant completed a qualitative interview only. There were no differences between groups for health measures. CONCLUSION:We highlight the feasibility of telephone coaching for older adults after hip fracture to improve adherence to mobility recovery goals.

SUBMITTER: Langford DP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4599063 | biostudies-literature | 2015

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Back to the future - feasibility of recruitment and retention to patient education and telephone follow-up after hip fracture: a pilot randomized controlled trial.

Langford Dolores P DP   Fleig Lena L   Brown Kristin C KC   Cho Nancy J NJ   Frost Maeve M   Ledoyen Monique M   Lehn Jayne J   Panagiotopoulos Kostas K   Sharpe Nina N   Ashe Maureen C MC  

Patient preference and adherence 20150922


<h4>Objectives</h4>Our primary aim of this pilot study was to test feasibility of the planned design, the interventions (education plus telephone coaching), and the outcome measures, and to facilitate a power calculation for a future randomized controlled trial to improve adherence to recovery goals following hip fracture.<h4>Design</h4>This is a parallel 1:1 randomized controlled feasibility study.<h4>Setting</h4>The study was conducted in a teaching hospital in Vancouver, BC, Canada.<h4>Partic  ...[more]

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