Factors influence elderly patients with hip fracture sitting early away from bed after operation and countermeasures
10.3969/j.issn.1671-8283.2013.02.006
- VernacularTitle:影响老年髋部骨折患者术后早期离床坐的原因分析及对策
- Author:
Peiduo XIAO
;
Runfang CHEN
;
Lianfang XU
;
Lifang HUANG
- Publication Type:Journal Article
- Keywords:
elderly patients;
hip fracture;
rehabilitative exercise
- From:
Modern Clinical Nursing
2013;(2):19-21
- CountryChina
- Language:Chinese
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Abstract:
Objective To explore the factors influencing the sitting early away from bed after operation in elderly patients having hip fractures.Method Forty-six elderly patients with hip fractures who were taking postoperative functional exercises of sitting away from bed and 32 nurses were investigated on the influential factors by a questionnaire.Results More than 52.1%of the patients believed the factors influencing their sitting early away from bed including lack of family support,worry about insufficient physical strength and fear of pains.65.6%of the nurses thought the factor was their inadequate assessment.Conclusion Such measures as enhancing family support,nutritional support,relief of pains from sitting from bed and improving nurse’s ability in rehabilitative training instruction are important for the patients to sit early away from bed after operation on hip fractures.
