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Comparative Study
. 2019 Aug 16;74(9):1518-1525.
doi: 10.1093/gerona/glz031.

Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture for Nursing Home Residents: A Controlled Feasibility Trial

Lauren A Beaupre  1   2 , Jay S Magaziner  3 , C Allyson Jones  4 , Gian S Jhangri  4 , D William C Johnston  2 , Donna M Wilson  5   6 , Sumit R Majumdar  7
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Comparative Study

Rehabilitation After Hip Fracture for Nursing Home Residents: A Controlled Feasibility Trial

Lauren A Beaupre et al. J Gerontol A Biol Sci Med Sci. .

Abstract

Background: This study compared functional outcomes at 3 months after hip fracture surgery between nursing home residents participating in a 10-week outreach rehabilitation program and those receiving usual care. Function, health-related quality of life, and mortality were also compared over 12 months, and outreach program feasibility was assessed.

Methods: A feasibility trial was undertaken in Canadian nursing homes; of 77 participants, 46 were allocated to Outreach and 31 to Control prior to assessing function or cognition. Outreach participants received 10 weeks of rehabilitation (30 sessions), and Control participants received usual posthospital fracture care in their nursing homes. The primary outcome was the Functional Independence Measure Physical Domain (FIMphysical) score 3 months post-fracture; we also explored FIM Locomotion and Mobility. Secondary outcomes were FIM scores, EQ-5D-3L scores, and mortality over 12 months. Program feasibility was also evaluated.

Results: The mean age was 88.7 ± 7.0 years, 55 (71%) were female, and 58 (75%) had severe cognitive impairment with no significant group differences (p > .14). Outreach participants had significantly higher FIM Locomotion than usual care (p = .02), but no significant group differences were seen in FIMphysical or FIM Mobility score 3 months post-fracture. In adjusted analyses, Outreach participants reported significant improvements in all FIM and EQ-5D-3L scores compared with Control participants over 12 months (p < .05). Mortality did not differ by group (p = .80). Thirty (65%) Outreach participants completed the program.

Conclusions: Our feasibility trial demonstrated that Outreach participants achieved better locomotion by 3 months post-fracture compared with participants receiving usual postfracture care; benefits were sustained to 12 months post-fracture. In adjusted analyses, Outreach participants also showed sustained benefits in physical function and health-related quality of life.

Keywords: Hip fracture; Nursing home; Recovery; Rehabilitation.

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Figure 1.
Flowchart of study recruitment and participation. *Control participants received usual postfracture care with rehabilitation services as per facility standard; no rehabilitation logs returned for those who died or were withdrawn by 3 mo.
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