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A discharge planning intervention improved outcomes in older people admitted to hospital for hip fracture after a fall

https://doi.org/10.1136/ebn.9.3.89

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    Huang TT, Liang SH. A randomized clinical trial of the effectiveness of a discharge planning intervention in hospitalized elders with hip fracture due to falling. J Clin Nurs 2005;14:1193–201.OpenUrlCrossRefPubMedWeb of Science

    Q In older people admitted to hospital for hip fracture after a fall, does an intensive discharge planning intervention improve physical, functional, and psychosocial outcomes?

    METHODS

    Embedded ImageDesign:

    randomised controlled trial.

    Embedded ImageAllocation:

    unclear allocation concealment.

    Embedded ImageBlinding:

    blinded (outcome assessor).

    Embedded ImageFollow up period:

    3 months after discharge.

    Embedded ImageSetting:

    a medical centre in Taiwan, China.

    Embedded ImagePatients:

    141 patients ⩾65 years of age (mean age 77 y, 69% women) admitted with hip fracture because of a fall. Patients who were seriously ill or cognitively impaired were excluded.

    Embedded ImageIntervention:

    70 patients were allocated to a 3 month individualised intensive discharge planning intervention that was delivered by a nurse and included …

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    Footnotes

    • For correspondence: Dr T T Huang, Chang Gung University, School of Nursing, Tao-Yuan, Taiwan, Republic of China. thuang{at}mail.cgu.edu.tw

    • Source of funding: National Science Council, Taiwan.