About this trial
This study aims to 1) develop an Advanced Person-Centered (APC) Smart Home Care Model that is able to predict patient outcomes; and 2) evaluate the effectiveness of this model by assessing improvements in care and recovery for older individuals post hip fracture.
Eligibility criteria
This trial does not accept healthy volunteersQualifiers
≥ 60 years old,
had been transferred from the emergency department to the hospital due to a unilateral hip fracture,
repair of the hip fracture involved either hip arthroplasty or internal fixation, 4) their primary place of residence was northern Taiwan
Disqualifiers
severity of cognitive impairment (a CMMSE score of < 10),
known to be terminally ill,
has no primary family caregiver,
residing in an institutional care facility
Trial design
Parallel
Treatments tested in this trial
Advanced Person-Centered (APC) Smart Home Care Model
BehavioralEnhanced Smart Care Model (SCM) that incorporates precise predictions of adverse outcomes and improvements in the real-time feedback system for caregivers and person-center home-based nursing.
Treatment groups
Trial outcomes
Primary outcomes
Fall Incidents.
number of falls
Fall Incidents.
number of falls
Fall insidents
number of falls
Fall incidents
Number of falls
Secondary outcomes
number of visits to emergency department
collected by assessor asking family members
number of hospital readmission
collected by assessor by asking family members
Cognitive function
Cognitive function following hip-fracture surgery will be assessed using the Taiwan version of the Mini Mental State Examination. Score ranges 0-30, with higher score indicating better cognitive function.
Cognitive function
Cognitive function following hip-fracture surgery will be assessed using the Taiwan version of the Mini Mental State Examination. Score ranges 0-30, with higher score indicating better cognitive function.
Sponsors and contacts
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Chang Gung Memorial Hospital
Lead sponsor
Chang Gung University
Collaborator
National Health Research Institutes, Taiwan
Collaborator
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