Harbin Medical University Reports Findings in Hip Fracture (Conjoint effect of post-discharge physical exercise and co-managed care on health outcomes of older patients with hip fracture in China: A post-hoc factorial analysis): Hip Fracture

2024 DEC 11 (NewsRx) -- By a News Reporter-Staff News Editor at Insurance Daily News -- New research on Hip Fracture is the subject of a report. According to news reporting originating in Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China, by NewsRx journalists, research stated, “The study aimed to explore the effects of post-discharge physical exercise combined with co-managed care on health the outcomes of older patients with hip fracture. Based on a completed non-randomised controlled trial which evaluated a co-managed care of patients aged 65 years and above with hip fracture, provided by orthopedists and geriatricians within an acute setting, a retrospective post-hoc factorial analysis was further conducted.”

The news reporters obtained a quote from the research from Harbin Medical University, “The analysis observed the health outcomes of older patients with post-discharge physical exercise combined with co-managed care within hospitals compared to those had either post-discharge physical exercise or co-managed care. The collected data included demographics, clinical characteristics, and follow-up information about post-discharge physical exercises and health outcomes at one-month, four-month, and one-year after admission. The health outcomes comprised the cumulative mortality, complications, ambulatory ability (Fracture Mobility Score), and quality of life (the five-level EuroQol five-dimensional questionnaire) at each follow-up visit. Patients who having the conjoint interventions benefited more reduction of one-year mortality (RR 0.59, 95 %CI: 0.38, 0.80) but no reduction of complications (RR 0.70, 95 %CI: 0.43, 1.14) than each single intervention. Ambulance ability (at one-year follow-up) and quality of life (at four-month follow-up) of patients who having the conjoint interventions were observed a significant improvement against each single intervention.”

According to the news reporters, the research concluded: “The conjoint intervention with co-managed care and post-discharge physical exercise might contribute more to the quality improvement of hip fracture care in a long run.”

This research has been peer-reviewed.

For more information on this research see: Conjoint effect of post-discharge physical exercise and co-managed care on health outcomes of older patients with hip fracture in China: A post-hoc factorial analysis. Geriatric Nursing, 2024;61:364-370. Geriatric Nursing can be contacted at: Mosby-elsevier, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA. (Elsevier - www.elsevier.com; Geriatric Nursing - http://www.journals.elsevier.com/geriatric-nursing/)

Our news correspondents report that additional information may be obtained by contacting Jing Zhang, School of Public Health, Harbin Medical University, Harbin, Heilongjiang, People’s Republic of China. Additional authors for this research include Pengpeng Ye, Xinyi Zhang, Gang Liu, Xinbao Wu, Minghui Yang and Maoyi Tian.

The publisher of the journal Geriatric Nursing can be contacted at: Mosby-elsevier, 360 Park Avenue South, New York, NY 10010-1710, USA.

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