Background: A fragility hip fracture is a serious injury in older adults. After experiencing a fracture, a large percentage of patients do not regain their pre-fracture level of mobility. There are several international guidelines recommending early mobility after surgery. We do not know the usage of these early mobility recommendations by health care providers within our institution. An evidence-to-practice gap occurs when there is a failure to implement best practices. Utilization of a systematic method allows for a strategic approach to assessment of an evidence-to-practice gap. There were two aims of this project: a) to describe early mobility activities undertaken on one post surgical unit and, b) to identify if there is an evidence-to-practice gap.
Methods: At a large tertiary centre in Toronto, Ontario, medical records from one calendar year were abstracted for older adults (≥65 years of age) recovering from fragility hip fracture repair. Data were collected regarding demographics, co-morbidities, surgery type, post-operative mobility activities, and any post-operative complications. Primary outcomes were: evidence of early mobility activities and a comparison to Health Quality Ontario recommendations for fragility hip fracture care.
Results: Between 11% and 50% of patients were not participating in early mobility activities. By postoperative day five only two patients had walked over 50 m. Those with low pre-fracture functional ability and a cognitive impairment consistently experienced lower rates of participation compared to patients with high pre-fracture functional ability and no cognitive impairment. Chi-square tests and regression analysis did not reveal any significant associations with variables.
Conclusions: There was very limited participation in early mobility activities after surgery. The study was unable to identify any significant relationships between several variables that may impact participation. This chart review identified the processes that have been sustained and highlights potential areas for future interventions.
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