Improving Quality of Care for Hip-Fracture Patients: Studies on Fast-track Surgery

NCT ID: NCT01487772

Last Updated: 2014-09-19

Basic Information

• Recruitment Status: COMPLETED
• Total Enrollment: 1307 participants
• Study Classification: OBSERVATIONAL
• Study Start Date: 2010-04-30
• Study Completion Date: 2013-04-30

Brief Summary

The aims of the studies are to examine the impact of delayed time to surgery for hip-fracture patients with regard to in-hospital complication rate and one-year mortality and to evaluate two different fast-track systems for hip-fracture patients with regard to patient outcome, complication rate and patient satisfaction.

Detailed Description

The aims of the studies are to examine the impact of delayed time to surgery for hip-fracture patients with regard to in-hospital complication rate and one-year mortality and to evaluate two different fast-track systems, the hip process pathway and the ambulance process pathway, for hip-fracture patients with regard to patient outcome, complication rate and patient satisfaction.

Conditions

Hip Fractures

Study Design

• Observational Model Type: COHORT
• Study Time Perspective: PROSPECTIVE

Study Groups

Hip-fracture patients

Hip-fracture patients admitted to Orthopaedic Department of Danderyd Hospital

No interventions assigned to this group

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion Criteria

• Hip fracture

Exclusion Criteria

• Periprosthetic fractures
• Pathological fractures

• Eligible Sex: ALL
• Accepts Healthy Volunteers: No

Sponsors

Danderyd Hospital

OTHER

Sponsor Role: lead

Responsible Party

Olof Skoldenberg

Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon

Responsibility Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Principal Investigators

Olof Skoldenebrg, MD, PhD

Role: PRINCIPAL_INVESTIGATOR

Danderyd Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

Locations

Danderyd Hospital

Stockholm, , Sweden

Countries

Sweden

Other Identifiers

2010/685-32

Identifier Type: -

Identifier Source: org_study_id