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The uptake of the hip fracture core outcome set: analysis of 20 years of hip fracture trials
Author(s) -
Toby O. Smith,
Timothy Collier,
Katie Jane Sheehan,
Catherine Sherrington
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
age and ageing
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1468-2834
pISSN - 0002-0729
DOI - 10.1093/ageing/afz018
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , clinical trial , physical therapy , outcome (game theory) , core (optical fiber) , psychological intervention , randomized controlled trial , quality of life (healthcare) , surgery , osteoporosis , materials science , mathematics , mathematical economics , nursing , psychiatry , composite material
clinical trials test the effectiveness or efficacy of treatments. It is important that researchers evaluate interventions with the most meaningful outcome measures. The 2014 hip fracture core outcome set recommended that mortality, mobility, pain, activities of daily living and health-related quality of life (HRQOL) should be assessed in all trials of patient with hip fracture. The purpose of this analysis was to determine the uptake of these recommendation.

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