Orthostatic hypotension and rehabilitation.

Orthostatic hypotension and rehabilitation in patients with hip fractures: a prospective observational study. This study is in collaboration with the ‘STOK study’.

Status

Recruiting

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

NL-OMON

Registry ID

NL-OMON24425

Enrollment

200

Registered

2015-01-16

Start date

2014-11-01

Completion date

Unknown

Last updated

2024-02-28

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Conditions

Patients admitted to the hospital with a hip fracture. Orthostatic hypotension

Interventions

- Blood pressure measurements (BP) - Hand grip dynamometry

Eligibility

Inclusion criteria

Inclusion criteria: Older patients (>70 years) admitted to the hospital with hip fractures who are treated with surgery.

Exclusion criteria

Exclusion criteria: - unable to mobilize before hospitalization - Institutionalized in nursing home facilities before hospitalization - life expectancy less than 3 months

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame
-Orthostatic hypotension or orthostatic complaints -Time to successful rehabilitation. Successful rehabilitation is defined as having the same functional status compared to the prefracture status. Functional status is evaluated using the mobility component of the Barthel index questionnaire.	—

Secondary

Measure	Time frame
- Muscular strength measured by Hand grip dynamometry - Baseline characteristics like gender, medication, medical history, MMSE, operation and anesthesia technique. - Fear of Falling and number of fall incidents. - Groningen Frailty index (GFI) - Blood Pressure (BP) and Heart Rate - Successful rehabilitation defined as discharge to patients’ own home or to home for the elderly.	—

Contacts

Public ContactL.C. Hartog

l.c.hartog@isala.nl

Outcome results

None listed

Source: NL-OMON (via WHO ICTRP)