PMID: 15374046Sep 18, 2004Paper

Effectiveness and acceptability of a newly designed hip protector: a pilot study

Archives of Gerontology and Geriatrics
D K ChanW T Hung

Abstract

Hip fracture has a significant economic and personal cost, involving hospital admission and functional impairment for elderly people. To assess the benefit of using a newly designed hip protector (new material and new design) to prevent fracture in a realistic setting, a randomised intervention-control design was used to trial the effectiveness of pads worn by high falls risk residents (n=71) in nursing home for 9 months. 40 residents were in the intervention group and 31 were in the control group. A profile of falls, including time of day, and orientation was obtained to demonstrate the potential effectiveness of the protectors for injury prevention. Acceptance of the hip protector was also surveyed amongst nursing home staff and residents. One hundred and one falls and six fractures occurred in the control group. In contrast, one hundred and ninety one falls and three fractures occurred in the hip protector (pads) group. The three fractures in the protector wearing group occurred when pads were not in place. This was extrapolated as 1 in every 16.8 falls and 1 in every 63.7 falls resulting in fracture in the two groups, respectively. The relative risk of fracture was 0.264 (95% CI=0.073-0.959) when the fracture incidence rate...Continue Reading

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