Early Functional Outcome of Operative Treatment of Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Two Kenyan Orthopaedic Centres

Hip Fracture Clinical Trial

Official title:

Early Functional Outcome of Operative Treatment of Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Two Kenyan Orthopaedic Centres

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Completed

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT04879472
• Other study ID #: UniNairobi
• Status: Completed
• Start date: November 12, 2008
• Est. completion date: May 11, 2009

Study information

• Verified date: May 2021
• Source: University of Nairobi
• Contact: n/a
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Observational [Patient Registry]

Clinical Trial Summary

This was a prospective cohort study. The study was conducted in the two hospitals after approval by the KNH/UON ethical committee and the board of management of Kikuyu Mission Hospital. Trained data clerks were used for retrieval of data from the respective hospitals with follow-up conducted in the respective clinics and through phone calls. The clerks were not blinded to the study but every data was corroborated by interviewing the patients or their relatives and evaluation of medical data availed as well as clinical status. Both KNH and Kikuyu Mission Hospitals had handwritten patient notes/records at the time of the study (not electronic) with central registries for storage of patient files. The patients files and other medical documents will be available in the wards but upon discharge, stored at the central registries.

The WOMAC scores(assessment of the outcome measures) were conducted by the principal investigator by direct interview of the patients/ their designated next of kin, or via telephone contacts. The outcome measures included pain, stiffness and activities of daily living.

Description:

This was a prospective cohort study.

The study was conducted in the two hospitals after approval by the Kenyatta National Hospital (KNH)/University of Nairobi (UON) ethical committee and the board of management of Kikuyu Mission Hospital (KMH). Trained data clerks were used for retrieval of data from the respective hospitals with follow-up conducted in the respective clinics and through phone calls. The clerks were not blinded to the study but every data was corroborated by interviewing the patients or their relatives and evaluation of medical data availed as well as clinical status. Both KNH and Kikuyu Mission Hospitals had handwritten patient notes/records at the time of the study (not electronic). Both institutions respectively maintained central registries for storage of patient files following discharge from inpatient care. At the time of the study, this were a hybrid of electronic and manual data storage systems as the electronic system was being introduced. The patients files and other medical documents will be available in the wards but upon discharge, stored at the central registries.

The Western Ontario and MacMaster Universities Osteoarthritis Index (WOMAC) scores were conducted by the principal investigator by direct interview of the patients/ their designated next of kin, or via telephone contacts. This was for the assessment of the outcome measures that included pain, stiffness and activities of daily living. The measures were accessed for the period within two weeks before injury, for the pre-injury functional status and at three months after injury for the early functional status.

This study has been completed and results available.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Completed
• Enrollment: 60
• Est. completion date: May 11, 2009
• Est. primary completion date: May 11, 2009
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• All patients 18 years of age and above who underwent operative treatment of displaced fracture neck of femur in the two institutions during the study period.

• Written informed consent.

Exclusion Criteria:

• Patients who had un-displaced or bilateral fracture neck of femur, concomitant pelvic or lower limb fracture/ dislocation, multiple injuries, confusion, previous ipsilateral FNF or FNF surgery, operative treatment done outside the study setting, malignant/ pathological fractures or peri-prosthetic fractures;

• Patients who were non-ambulatory prior to injury and those with chronic pain syndrome and/ or chronic opioid use;

• Patients who declined to give written informed consent.

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Femoral Neck Fracture
• Femoral Neck Fractures
• Fracture Neck of Femur
• Fractures, Bone
• Hip Fracture
• Hip Fractures

Intervention

Procedure:
• Osteosynthesis
The elderly are mainly treated by arthroplasty (total hip replacement or hemiarthroplasty) while the younger age groups, by osteosynthesis either using pins, screws or nails

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
n/a

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
University of Nairobi

References & Publications (1)

Ochieng' S.R., Kingori J., Awori K.O., Ating'a J.E.O. Early Functional Outcome of Operative Treatment Of Displaced Femoral Neck Fractures in Two Kenyan Orthopaedic Centres.

Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Pain score	Pre-injury pain score in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) Index compared with three months' post-operative pain score. The scores are normalised into a scale of 0-100 with 100 indicating no pain and 0, worst pain disability.	within two weeks of assessment
Primary	Stiffness score	Pre-injury Stiffness score in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) Index compared with three months' post-operative Stiffness score. The scores are normalised into a scale of 0-100 with 100 indicating no Stiffness disability and 0, worst stiffness disability	within two weeks of assessment
Primary	Activities of daily living (ADL) score	Pre-injury Activities of Daily living(ADL) score in Western Ontario and McMaster Universities Osteoarthritis (WOMAC) Index compared with three months' post-operative Activities of Daily living(ADL) score. The scores are normalised into a scale of 0-100 with 100 indicating best Activities of Daily living(ADL) and 0, poor performance in Activities of Daily living(ADL)	within two weeks of assessment
Secondary	Length of hospital stay	duration of inpatient care	three months