Experiences of hip fracture version 1
Research type
Research Study
Full title
Understanding patient and relative/carer experience of hip fracture in acute care: a qualitative study
IRAS ID
72869
Contact name
Elizabeth Tutton
Contact email
Sponsor organisation
Oxford University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust
Duration of Study in the UK
1 years, 0 months, 0 days
Research summary
Aim
To explore the early phase of hip fracture experience from the patient and relative's/carer’s point of view whilst in acute care taking into account underlying factors such gender, age and memory loss.Background
Hip fracture is common in older people, for some may lead to death or longer term disability. Researching patient and relative/carer experience is crucial to understanding how people make sense of injury, hospitalisation and the impact of injury on their lives. The current evidence on patient and relative/carer experience of hip fracture demonstrates a broad range of emotional, physical, social and financial impacts. The role of informal caregivers is particularly important and the evidence reveals the high impact of caring. However, there is a lack of understanding of this traumatic experience in the early phase of recovery whilst in acute care. Moreover, the quality of the studies is often limited and the interaction of multiple and diverse factors (individual, contextual and social) into hip fracture experience has not been studied.Methodology
The study is qualitative drawing on phenomenology, the study of lived experience. Patients may choose to take part in two forms of data collection: one interview and/or one observation session of up to 4 hours on the ward. With relatives/carers one interview will be conducted. A purposive sample of: i) up to 40 patients (or until no new aspects arise from the data) who are 60 years or older with a fractured hip, this will include interviews/observation with participants with capacity to give consent and observation with those with memory loss whose relative/carer provides assent; and ii) interviews with up to 30 relatives/carers. In addition it is estimated up to 50 staff may take part in the observations. Themes will be developed from the data to provided directions for future practice.REC name
London - Camberwell St Giles Research Ethics Committee
REC reference
15/LO/1205
Date of REC Opinion
10 Aug 2015
REC opinion
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