Suwanpasu 2014.
Study characteristics | ||
Methods | Randomised controlled trial | |
Participants | King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital, Bangkok, Thailand Period of study: January 2012 to February 2013 46 participants Inclusion: 60 to 93 years of age, diagnosed with femoral neck fracture, intertrochanteric fracture or subtrochanteric fracture Exclusion: nil Age: mean (SD) 75.2 (8.4) % male: 34 Number lost to follow‐up: | |
Interventions | 1. Intervention: physical activity‐enhancing programme, based on Resnick's self‐efficacy model (Resnick 2009). Four phases of physical training and efficacy‐based intervention, covering 5 sessions. Phases: assessment, preparation, practicing and evaluation. Face‐to‐face contact and 5 telephone calls during 7 weeks post‐surgery. 2. Control: standard care (physical activity for hip fracture booklet) |
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Outcomes | 6 weeks after discharge International Physical Activity Questionnaire |
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Notes | Contributed no outcomes to this review Funding: Thai Red Cross Society and King Chulalongkorn Memorial Hospital Conflict of interest: nil |
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Risk of bias | ||
Bias | Authors' judgement | Support for judgement |
Random sequence generation (selection bias) | Low risk | Quote: "We used a simple block randomization technique with a coin flip to assign subjects" |
Allocation concealment (selection bias) | Unclear risk | Allocation concealment not specified |
Blinding of participants and personnel (performance bias) All outcomes | Unclear risk | Therapists conducting the intervention and participants were not blinded to the group assignment. Impact of non‐blinding is unclear |
Blinding of outcome assessment (detection bias) Observer‐reported outcomes, some judgement | High risk | Blinding not specified; outcome was self‐reported |
Incomplete outcome data (attrition bias) Observer‐reported outcomes, some judgement | Low risk | Less than 20% of data missing |
Selective reporting (reporting bias) | Unclear risk | No protocol or trial registry. Only 1 outcome reported in methods and results |
Free from baseline imbalance bias? | Unclear risk | Trend toward intervention group being older and having greater physical activity at baseline (between group difference, P = 0.06 for both). Few functional or health characteristics at baseline reported (mental test and physical activity only) |
Free from performance bias due to non‐trial interventions? | High risk | Social contact in intervention arm likely to confound any effect. An appropriate comparator would have been social home visits but no physical intervention. |