Challenges of Hip Fracture Care in Developing Countries. Experience at a Level 3 Center in Panama

Hip Fracture Epidemiology at Hospital Regional Rafael Hernandez. September 2014 to March 2015.

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03130673

Enrollment

104

Registered

2017-04-26

Start date

2014-09-01

Completion date

2017-12-31

Last updated

2024-10-02

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Conditions

Hip Fractures

Keywords

hip fracture, trochanteric fracure, subtrocantheric fracture, femoral head fracture, epidemiology

Brief summary

An observational study using the information records at the Hospital Regional Rafael Hernandez, in Chiriqui, Panama, that will help to analyze the epidemiology and early treatments results of hip fracture patients treated in this institution.

Detailed description

Hip fractures are a major public health concern due to increasing ageing of the population, rising costs and associated morbidity and mortality. The problem is more serious in developing countries, because of limited economic and technical resources available. The aim of the following study is to analyze the epidemiology and early treatment results of hip fracture patients treated in our unit. This study will be done at the Hospital Rafael Hernandez Regional Hospital, a third level facility located in the province of Chiriqui, Republic of Panama. It is a retrospective observational study. For this the study will use the hospital records, including imaging studies were reviewed, including the Singh Index, and all relevant data will be analyzed with SPSS 21 software.

Interventions

None listed

Study design

Observational model

CASE_ONLY

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

18 Years to 115 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* All hip fractures

Exclusion criteria

* All other fractures and no recorded survey

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Anatomical classified action of the Fracture	6 months	kind of proximal femoral fracture as sub trochanteric, intertrochanteric or subcapital

Secondary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Age	6 months	years old of the patient when he or she has the fracture
Comorbidities	6 months	Diseases of the patient (diabetes, hight blood pressure, others)
Sex	6 months	male or female
Average length of stay	6 months	Time frame that the patient stayed at the hospital
Osteoporosis	6 months	Severe, mild, light
Energy of Trauma	6 months	IF it was high energy or low energy trauma

Countries

Panama

Outcome results