Study of the outcomes of three types of physiotherapy services in Hong Kong

ISRCTN	ISRCTN13549268
DOI	https://doi.org/10.1186/ISRCTN13549268
Protocol serial number	412006
Sponsor	Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)
Funder	Hong Kong Health Services Research Fund (Hong Kong)

Prospectively registered

Protocol

Statistical analysis plan

Results

Individual participant data

Plain English summary of protocol

Not provided at time of registration

Dr RME Kuisma
Scientific

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences
The Hong Kong Polytechnic University
Hung Hom
Kowloon
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Hong Kong

Primary study design	Interventional
Study design	Randomised controlled trial
Secondary study design	Randomised controlled trial
Scientific title
Study objectives	The objective of the study was to compare the effectiveness of domiciliary versus conventional physiotherapy on ambulation and functional ability and the health related quality of life in elderly patients with hip fracture.
Ethics approval(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Health condition(s) or problem(s) studied	Elderly patients with hip fractures, and physiotherapy.
Intervention	During their stay in the operating hospital all the subjects were treated according to the normal procedure in the hospital. The patients in the control group (NDPT) were transferred to the rehabilitation hospital participating in the standard rehabilitation programme. The patients in the study group (DPT) were discharged from QEH to their homes to continue postoperative rehabilitation and were visited by a physiotherapist from the operating hospital. Their treatment was planned according to their individual needs following guidelines designed for home rehabilitation.
Intervention type	Other
Primary outcome measure(s)	Compare the ambulation and functional ability and the health related quality of life of the two groups of patients, DPT and NDPT at four months, eight months and a year after the operation for hip fracture.
Key secondary outcome measure(s)	Not provided at time of registration
Completion date	01/01/2002

Participant type(s)	Patient
Age group	Senior
Sex	Not Specified
Target sample size at registration	68
Key inclusion criteria	Patients over 50 years old who were admitted with a fractured proximal femur to an acute general hospital, the Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH)
Key exclusion criteria	Not provided at time of registration
Date of first enrolment	01/01/2001
Date of final enrolment	01/01/2002

Department of Rehabilitation Sciences

Kowloon
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Hong Kong

Individual participant data (IPD) Intention to share	No
IPD sharing plan summary	Not provided at time of registration
IPD sharing plan

Output type	Details	Date created	Date added	Peer reviewed?	Patient-facing?
Results article	results	01/08/2002		Yes	No