Effect of team-based rehabilitation education on daily life ability of elderly patients having undergone operations on hip fractures

VernacularTitle:出院后家庭康复指导对老年髋部骨折术后患者日常生活能力的影响*
Author: Shu XING ; Sanyuan TANG ; Yuluan WANG ; Guizhen LUO ; Xiao XIONG ; Weiling XIA
Publication Type:Journal Article
Keywords: elderly; hip fracture; daily life ability; community nurse; team-based rehabilitation
From: Modern Clinical Nursing 2013;(6):34-36
CountryChina
Language:Chinese
Abstract: Objective To evaluate the effect of team-based rehabilitation education on daily life ability of old patients having undergone operations on hip fractures.Methods Sixty elderly reconvalescents from operations on hip fractures were equally assigned into the intervention and control groups according to admission sequence:The intervention group received rehabilitation education by community nurses at months 1,3 and 6 and the control group were managed with convalesce at home.The two groups were compared in terms of daily life ability at the three time points. Result The daily life ability of the intervention group was better than that of the control group at all the three time points(P<0.05). Conclusion The team-based rehabilitation education is effective for the enhancement of daily life ability of old patients having undergone operations on hip fractures.