Concerns about falls after hip fracture - Version number 1

• Research type

  Research Study

• Full title

  Concerns About Falls After Hip Fracture - Who has these Concerns and How Can They be Supported?

• IRAS ID

  363643

• Contact name

  Jodie N Adams

• Contact email

  j.n.adams@qmul.ac.uk

• Sponsor organisation

  Queen Mary University of London

• Clinicaltrials.gov Identifier

  17545247, QMUL Worktribe Number

• Duration of Study in the UK

  2 years, 7 months, 31 days

• Research summary

  More than 72,000 people break their hip annually. A typical person who breaks their hip is 82 years old, with other health conditions, struggles with walking and broke their hip after falling. Following a hip fracture, older people felt they had recovered once they returned to valued activities, including walking and meeting relatives. However, patients can struggle to return to their valued activities, because they not only need to be strong enough, but also confident enough. Most people worry about falling after breaking their hip. For some, this worry prevents them from returning to their normal lives. This project seeks to identify people whose worries about falling after a broken hip, prevent them engaging in their valued activities, and to understand what support might help them to overcome their worries.

  This study is funded by the National Institute of Health Research DCAF.

  Part 1:

  I will invite 30 older people (60 years+) who recently broke their hip and are very worried about falling, to take part. I will collect the following information when they initially leave hospital, and at 3-, 6- and 9- months:

  1. Interviews focused on what has made their worries better or worse
  2. Questionnaires to explore their worries around falling, their outdoor activity and their health care use.
  3. Data from wrist worn watches (without a face) measuring activity and function.

  I will use the information to create a questionnaire to identify people whose worries about falling prevent them returning to their valued activities, after a broken hip.

  Part 2:

  We will bring together people with worries about falling after breaking their hip, and/or their carers (18-32 people, in 4 groups), to find out what they think could be helpful to help people overcome their worries about falling, after a broken hip.
  

• REC name

  East of Scotland Research Ethics Service REC 1

• REC reference

  26/ES/0005

• Date of REC Opinion

  26 Feb 2026

• REC opinion

  Further Information Favourable Opinion