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ArticleThe bone & joint journal2022

Developing a minimum common dataset for hip fracture audit to help countries set up national audits that can support international comparisons.

Antony Johansen, Cristina Ojeda-Thies, Arwel T Poacher, Andrew J Hall, Louise Brent, Emer C Ahern, Matt L Costa, Global Fragility Fracture Network Hip Fracture Audit Special Interest Group

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29 citing papers in PubMed, 3 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.

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  3. Long-term outcome collection after hip fracture in Ireland: a systematic review of traditional and grey literature.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2023
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  12. Benefits of an advanced nurse practitioner led hip fracture clinic in an Irish Orthopaedic Trauma Service.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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  13. Pre-fracture functional status and 30-day recovery predict 5-year survival in patients with hip fracture: findings from a prospective real-world study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2025
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8 authors.

Antony JohansenUniversity Hospital of Wales and School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff, UK.
Cristina Ojeda-ThiesHospital Universitario 12 de Octubre, Madrid, Spain.ORCID 0000-0001-7052-1491
Arwel T PoacherTrauma Unit, University Hospital of Wales, Cardiff, UK.
Andrew J HallGolden Jubilee National Hospital, Clydebank, UK.ORCID 0000-0002-4582-8368
Louise BrentNational Office of Clinical Audit, Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland, University of Medicine and Health Sciences, Dublin, Ireland.
Emer C AhernCork University Hospital, Cork, Ireland.
Matt L CostaOxford Trauma and Emergency Care, Nuffield Department of Orthopaedics, Rheumatology & Musculoskeletal Sciences, University of Oxford, Oxford, UK.
Global Fragility Fracture Network Hip Fracture Audit Special Interest Group

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6 · The paper itself

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aimsThe aim of this study was to explore current use of the Global Fragility Fracture Network (FFN) Minimum Common Dataset (MCD) within established national hip fracture registries, and to propose a revised MCD to enable international benchmarking for hip fracture care.

methodsWe compared all ten established national hip fracture registries: England, Wales, and Northern Ireland; Scotland; Australia and New Zealand; Republic of Ireland; Germany; the Netherlands; Sweden; Norway; Denmark; and Spain. We tabulated all questions included in each registry, and cross-referenced them against the 32 questions of the MCD dataset. Having identified those questions consistently used in the majority of national audits, and which additional fields were used less commonly, we then used consensus methods to establish a revised MCD.

resultsA total of 215 unique questions were used across the ten registries. Only 72 (34%) were used in more than one national audit, and only 32 (15%) by more than half of audits. Only one registry used all 32 questions from the 2014 MCD, and five questions were only collected by a single registry. Only 21 of the 32 questions in the MCD were used in the majority of national audits. Only three fields (anaesthetic grade, operation, and date/time of surgery) were used by all ten established audits. We presented these findings at the Asia-Pacific FFN meeting, and used an online questionnaire to capture feedback from expert clinicians from different countries. A draft revision of the MCD was then presented to all 95 nations represented at the Global FFN conference in September 2021, with online feedback again used to finalize the revised MCD.

conclusionThe revised MCD will help aspirant nations establish new registry programmes, facilitate the integration of novel analytic techniques and greater multinational collaboration, and serve as an internationally-accepted standard for monitoring and improving hip fracture services. Cite this article:

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