Status:

COMPLETED

Skin Traction Versus Position Splint in Patients With Hip Fracture

Lead Sponsor:

Saglik Bilimleri Universitesi Gulhane Tip Fakultesi

Conditions:

Hip Fractures

Complication of Traction Procedure

Eligibility:

All Genders

50+ years

Phase:

NA

Brief Summary

The aim of this prospective, randomized controlled trial is to compare the effects of preoperative skin traction and position splint on pain, comfort, complications, difficulty level of nursing interv...

Eligibility Criteria

Inclusion

  • Being inpatient who were planned the surgery due to the hip fracture (caput femur fracture, collum femur fracture, femur intertrochanteric fracture and subtrochanteric fracture) diagnosis in the Orthopedics and Traumatology Clinic
  • Being 50 years old or more
  • Patients who speak and literate in Turkish
  • Patients who gave informed consent to participate in the study

Exclusion

  • Any condition that emerges an obstacle for verbal and written interaction during data collection phase
  • Unable to perform written or verbal communication in Turkish
  • Withdrawal from the study due to medical reasons or death, at his/her will prior to preoperative data collection
  • Urgent non-elective surgery
  • Physician decision that do accept the method of immobilization assigned to the patient as appropriate

Key Trial Info

Start Date :

March 1 2013

Trial Type :

INTERVENTIONAL

Allocation :

ACTUAL

End Date :

July 1 2014

Estimated Enrollment :

68 Patients enrolled

Trial Details

Trial ID

NCT02287571

Start Date

March 1 2013

End Date

July 1 2014

Last Update

November 10 2014

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Gulhane Military Medical Academy

Ankara, Turkey (Türkiye), 06018