Early Predictors for Discharge to Geriatric Rehabilitation after Hip Fracture Treatment of Older Patients.

Objective: To investigate early predictors for discharge to a geriatric rehabilitation department at a skilled nursing home in older patients after hospitalization for hip fracture surgery.

Design: Retrospective cohort study.

Setting And Participants: Data from 21,176 patients with hip fracture aged ≥70 years, who were registered in the Dutch Hip Fracture Audit database between January 1, 2017, and December 31, 2019, were included.

Physical and Pharmacological Restraints in Hospital Care: Protocol for a Systematic Review.

Background: Physical and pharmacological restraints, defined as all measures limiting a person in his or her freedom, are extensively used to handle unsafe or problematic behavior in hospital care. There are increasing concerns as to the extent with which these restraints are being used in hospitals, and whether their benefits outweigh their potential harm. There is currently no comprehensive literature overview on the beneficial and/or adverse effects of the use of physical and pharmacological restraints in the hospital setting.

[Assessment instruments in frail older patients; a call for more standardisation].

Objective: To determine the frequency and background of the use of assessment instruments for the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment by clinical geriatricians and internists in geriatric medicine; the secondary aim was to make an inventory of the willingness to standardise the assessment instruments used.

Design: A descriptive questionnaire study.

Method: In December 2016, we sent out a digital questionnaire (Survey Monkey) to all the hospitals in the Netherlands.

The Dutch Hip Fracture Audit: evaluation of the quality of multidisciplinary hip fracture care in the Netherlands.

Unlabelled: The nationwide Dutch Hip Fracture Audit (DHFA) is initiated to improve the quality of hip fracture care by providing insight into the actual quality of hip fracture care in daily practice. The baseline results demonstrate variance in practice, providing potential starting points to improve the quality of care.

Purpose: The aim of this study is to describe the development and initiation of the DHFA.

Methodology for senior-proof guidelines: A practice example from the Netherlands.

Rationale, Aims And Objectives: Evidence-based guidelines constitute a foundation for medical decision making. It is often unclear whether recommendations in general guidelines also apply to older people. This study aimed to develop a methodology to increase the focus on older people in the development of guidelines.