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ArticleJournal of palliative care2026

Treatment Satisfaction with Nonoperative Management of Suspected Hip Fractures in Nursing Home Patients with a Do-Not-Hospitalize Directive: A Prospective Case Series (NONU-HIP).

Sverre A I Loggers, Romke Van Balen, Jeroen Steens, Hanna C Willems, Pamela Riezebos, Anja Wagenaar-Huisman, Michael H J Verhofstad, Esther M M Van Lieshout, Pieter Joosse

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Sverre A I LoggersDepartment of Surgery, Northwest Clinics Alkmaar, AM Alkmaar, the Netherlands.
Romke Van BalenDepartment of Public Health and Primary Care, Leiden University Medical Center, RC Leiden, the Netherlands.
Jeroen SteensDepartment of Orthopaedic Surgery, Dijklander Ziekenhuis, AR Hoorn, the Netherlands.
Hanna C WillemsGeriatrics Section, Department of Internal Medicine, Amsterdam UMC location AMC, Amsterdam, the Netherlands.
Pamela RiezebosMedical department Omring, Hoorn, the Netherlands.
Anja Wagenaar-HuismanMedical department Wilgaerden, Wognum, the Netherlands.
Michael H J VerhofstadTrauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.
Esther M M Van LieshoutTrauma Research Unit Department of Surgery, Erasmus MC, University Medical Center Rotterdam, CA Rotterdam, the Netherlands.ORCID 0000-0002-2597-7948
Pieter JoosseDepartment of Surgery, Northwest Clinics Alkmaar, AM Alkmaar, the Netherlands.

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ObjectivesSome nursing home residents opt to forgo hospital admission in case of a suspected hip fracture due to the poor prognosis. However, outcomes in these patients are unknown and hamper advance care planning and expectation management. This study assesses treatment satisfaction and quality of life in nursing home residents with a suspected hip fracture and a do-not-hospitalize directive.MethodsA prospective case series study was conducted in three nursing home organizations in The Netherlands. The primary outcome was the treatment satisfaction according to proxies and caregivers. Secondary outcomes were EuroQoL-5D-5L utility score, Qualidem scores, pain and opiate administration, adverse events, mortality, and quality of dying (Quality of Dying and Death Questionnaire).ResultsTwenty patients, with a median age of 87 years, were included. The treatment satisfaction as rated by proxies and caregivers was high (median numeric rating scale of 9 [P25-P75 8-10] and 9 [P25-P75 8-9], respectively). The life expectancy was short (median of 5 days [P25-P75 3-6]) with a 14-day mortality rate of 100%. The overall quality of the death was "good to almost perfect" in 77% of the patients (n = 10/13) and "intermediate" in 23% (n = 3/13). Symptom control was rated as "good to almost perfect" in 70% of patients. Four adverse events occurred in three patients (15%).ConclusionsThis study showed that nonoperative management of suspected proximal femoral fractures in nursing home patients that opted to forgo hospital admission, results in high treatment satisfaction, high quality of dying with good symptom control, and predictable short-term mortality rates.

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Hip FracturesNursing HomesPatient SatisfactionAgedAged, 80 and overFemaleHumansMaleNetherlandsNursing Home ResidentsProspective StudiesProximal Femoral FracturesQuality of Lifehip fracturenonoperativenursing homepalliative careproximal femoral fractureQuality of dying

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PMCPMC13550729

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