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Effects of Long-term Intensive Home-based Physiotherapy on Older People With an Operated Hip Fracture or Frailty (RCT). (HIPFRA)

Sponsor
South Karelia, Social and Health Care District (Academic or other)
Enrollment
421 enrolled
Conditions
Frail Elderly; Hip Fracture
Interventions
Home-based physiotherapy (physical exercise)
Ages
adults, older adults
Registry
NCT02305433

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From the registry

Our objective is to study the effects of 12 months' intensive home-based physiotherapy (physical exercise) with 12 months' follow-up in two groups of older people: 1) those with an operated hip fracture (60+ y), and 2) those with signs of frailty (65+ y). The primary outcome measure is duration of living at home. Power calculations are based on the assumption that persons assigned to physiotherapy will live at home for six months longer vs. those in usual care. Secondary outcomes are physical functioning, falls, health-related quality-of-life, use and costs of social and health services, and mortality. We will recruit 300 persons with hip fracture and 300 with signs of frailty in Eksote (South Karelia Social and Health Care District), Finland (population 133 000). The groups will be randomized separately into an intervention arm (home-based physiotherapy (physical exercise) twice a week for 12 months) and a control arm (usual care), resulting in 150 patients in each group. An assessor-physiotherapist and assessor-nurse performs measurements at the participant's home at baseline,…

Primary outcomes

  • duration of time living at home

History

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