A Digital Platform (Telepalliation) for Patients in Palliative Care and Their Relatives: Protocol for a Multimethod Randomized Controlled Trial.

Background: The World Health Organization defines end-of-life palliative care as "prevention and relief of suffering, by means of early identification and impeccable assessment and treatment of pain and other problems, physical, psychosocial and spiritual." Over 20 million people worldwide are in need of palliative care. In Denmark, palliative care is given at a general and a specialist level.

Significantly higher use of polypharmacy in elderly with hip fracture treated with psychotropics.

Introduction: The high prevalence of chronic medical conditions among older adults leads to an increased use of prescription medications and a heightened risk of polypharmacy, raising the risk of falls and fractures. Psychotropic medications influence balance, and therefore our aim was to describe the use of psychotropic medications and the association with polypharmacy in elderly patients with a hip fracture.

Methods: A retrospective study of 200 patients aged 65 years or more admitted consecutively with a hip fracture.

Increased motivation for and use of digital services in heart failure patients participating in a telerehabilitation program: a randomized controlled trial.

Background: eHealth literacy (eHL) may be an important factor in the adoption of telerehabilitation. However, little is known about how telerehabilitation affects patients' eHL. The current study evaluated changes over time in eHL for heart failure (HF) patients in a telerehabilitation program (the Future Patient Program) compared to a traditional rehabilitation program.