Trial reportBMC geriatrics2018
"I struggle to count my blessings": recovery after hip fracture from the patients' perspective.
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24 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it, 64 citations in OpenAlex.
- Hip fracture has profound psychosocial impacts: a systematic review of qualitative studies.Age and ageing · 2024Pooled it
- Multidisciplinary rehabilitation for older people with hip fractures.The Cochrane database of systematic reviews · 2021Pooled it
- Older adults' perspectives on rehabilitation and recovery one year after a hip fracture - a qualitative study.BMC geriatrics · 2022Trial
- Pre-operative fear of falling is associated with worse 3-year mobility and quality of life in elderly hip fracture patients: a post-hoc analysis of a prospective cohort.Journal of orthopaedic surgery and research · 2026Article
- Goals and expectations of older persons recovering from a hip fracture during geriatric rehabilitation: a qualitative study.European geriatric medicine · 2026Article
- Early development of a contextually appropriate psychological intervention for skilled nursing facilities: a qualitative study.Aging & mental health · 2025Article
- Exploring older adults' experiences of daily mobility over the first 6 months after hip fracture: a qualitative interview study.BMJ open · 2025Article
- Navigating a Skilled Nursing Facility Stay Together: A Dyadic Qualitative Study of Dually Eligible Patients and Care Partners.The Gerontologist · 2025Article
- Prediction of walking speed one year following hip fracture based on pre-fracture assessments of mobility and physical activity.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- The experience of feeling old after a fragility fracture.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- The process of social death in patients with hip fracture.Scientific reports · 2024Article
- Social Life After Hip Fracture: A Qualitative Study.Journal of patient experience · 2024Article
- Patients' experience of suffering a distal radius fracture with long-lasting impairment-a qualitative study.PloS one · 2024Article
- Prediction of Physical Activity Patterns in Older Patients Rehabilitating After Hip Fracture Surgery: Exploratory Study.JMIR rehabilitation and assistive technologies · 2023Article
- Physiotherapists' perspectives of barriers and facilitators to effective community provision after hip fracture: a qualitative study in England.Age and ageing · 2023Article
- Effect of Variation in Early Rehabilitation on Hospital Readmission After Hip Fracture.Physical therapy · 2023Article
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- Meanings of participation in care for older people after hip fracture surgery and nurses working in an orthopaedic ward.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Enduring life in between a sense of renewal and loss of courage: lifeworld perspectives one year after hip fracture.International journal of qualitative studies on health and well-being · 2021Article
- Health and social interventions to restore physical function of older adults post-hip fracture: a scoping review.BMJ open · 2021Article
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Abstract
backgroundRecovery outlooks of physical functioning and quality of life after hip fracture have not changed significantly over the past 25 years. Previous research has mainly dealt with causalities and acute treatment, while the recovery process from the patients' perspective has been less comprehensively described. Expanded knowledge of what the patients consider important in their recovery process may have important consequences for how these patients are treated in the future and thereby on future patient outcomes. The aim presently is therefore to explore how elderly patients with hip fracture enrolled in an ongoing RCT have experienced their recovery process.
methodThe study was qualitative in design. Eight frail elderly in recovery after hip fracture (aged 69-91) were interviewed in their home four months after their fracture. The interviews covered issues related to their experiences of facilitators and barriers throughout the different stages in the recovery process. The patients were already enrolled in an ongoing randomized controlled trial, examining the effects of habitual functional training during their short term stays at nursing homes. The patients were chosen strategically according to age, gender, and participation in rehabilitation. The interviews were recorded, transcribed and subjected to a method of systematic text condensation inspired by Giorgi's phenomenological method.
resultsThe results revealed that the patients' experiences of the recovery process fell into three main themes: "Feeling vulnerable", "A span between self-reliance and dependency" and "Disruption from a normal life". The feeling of gloominess and vulnerability persisted throughout. Being in recovery was also experienced as a tension between self-reliance and dependency; a disrupted life where loss of mobility and the impact of age was profoundly present.
conclusionBeing in recovery after hip fracture was experienced as a life breaking event. Based on these findings, increased focus on individualized treatment to each patient through each stage of the recovery process should be emphasized.
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