Patient Safety and Complex Care.

Research Program on Patient Safety and Complex Care: An intervention program with the aim to reduce unintended events and avoidable harm in elderly hip fracture patients by introducing instruments to structure the handover process, involve patients more in their treatment and provide patients with evidence based information for the period after discharge.

Status

Active, not recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Interventional

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON20906

Enrollment

500

Registered

2008-11-26

Start date

2008-06-13

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

For informational purposes only — not medical advice. Sourced from public registries and may not reflect the latest updates. Terms

Conditions

Hip Fracture (heupfractuur) Functional mobility (functionele mobiliteit) Unintended events (onbedoelde gebeurtenissen) Avoidable harm (vermijdbare schade)

Interventions

Interventions - SBAR communication tool to structure handover process - Patient safety card - Bundles with evidence based recommendations for the period after discharge There are four different in

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: 1. Acute hip fracture patient 2. 65 years and older

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: 1. Pathological fractures 2. Patient receives no surgery for the hip fracture 3. Patient is participating in another intervention study that interferes with this research 4. Suffering from dementia

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
- Avoidable harm - Mortality rate within 6 months after discharge - Unintended events - Functional mobility Methods: Patient record review and interviews with the patient two weeks and six months after discharge	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Length of hospital stay - Operative delay - Quality of hand over - Quality of patient record Methods: Patient record review and observations	—

Contacts

Public ContactH. Merten

Nederlands instituut voor onderzoek van de gezondheidszorg (NIVEL) Postbus 1568

h.merten@nivel.nl+31 (0)30 2729741

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)