A home ‐based tele‐rehabilitation protocol for patients with hip fracture called @ctivehip

The objectives of this non‐randomized clinical trial are to design a home‐based multidisciplinary tele‐rehabilitation protocol for patients with hip fracture, and to compare this protoco l versus the home‐based usual outpatient rehabilitation protocol. Seventy patients treated for an acute hip fracture, aged 65 years or older, with a high pre‐fracture functional level (Functional Independence Measure score>90), without severe cognitive impairment, absence of terminal disease, discharged to their own home or a relativ és home postoperatively, allowed weight‐bearing, and with signed informed consent, will be allocated into a tele‐rehabilitation group (n = 35) or a control group (n = 35). The inclusion criterion for the intervention group will be to have a caregiver with the ability to access the Internet who is willing to perform exercises and activities with the patient at home. The intervention includes a program of physical exercise and occupational therapy (five week ly sessions during 12 weeks), and recommendations for patients and their caregivers, all delivered through a website. The patient's functional level (Functional Independence Measure), quality of life (Euro‐Qol), physical performance (Timed Up and Go), caregiver burden (Zarit Interview), and other descriptive data will be assessed at hospital discharge, 4 weeks, and 12 weeks. This project will add to the knowledge concerning the feasibility of tele‐rehabilitation as an option to pro...
Source: Research in Nursing and Health - Category: Nursing Authors: Tags: RESEARCH PROTOCOL Source Type: research