Dislocation Precautions

Health-Related Quality Of Life Clinical Trial

Official title:

Impact of Dislocation Precautions on Fear and Function in Patients Undergoing Hip Replacement

Clinical Trial Details — Status: Recruiting

Administrative data

• NCT number: NCT03806114
• Other study ID #: 20180880
• Status: Recruiting
• Phase: N/A
• Start date: June 21, 2019
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2023

Study information

• Verified date: August 2022
• Source: Ottawa Hospital Research Institute
• Contact: Johanna Dobransky
• Phone: 613-737-8899
• Email: jdobransky[@]ohri.ca
• Is FDA regulated: No
• Study type: Interventional

Clinical Trial Summary

This study is looking at the impact of giving patients precautions, or restrictions for movement, when undergoing a total hip replacement. Have of the participants will receive precautions, while the other half will not receive any precautions.

Description:

Patients undergoing hip replacements are often told by health care providers to avoid specific positions and activities to decrease the risk of their hip dislocating following their surgery. This, however, results in patients becoming more fearful of moving and leads to limitations in their function and decreased quality of life. Previous research has shown that hip dislocations following surgery are most commonly attributed to poor implant position rather than the actions of the patients. Teaching precautions takes up healthcare resources and may use finances that are not necessarily required. This study aims to compare groups with half receiving precautions and half not receiving precautions, to assess the impact of precautions on the patients' quality of life.

Recruitment information / eligibility

• Status: Recruiting
• Enrollment: 212
• Est. completion date: December 21, 2023
• Est. primary completion date: June 21, 2023
• Accepts healthy volunteers: No
• Gender: All
• Age group: 18 Years and older

Eligibility

Inclusion Criteria:

• Receiving a primary total hip arthroplasty (THA) due to osteoarthritis or osteonecrosis
• Over 18
• Willing and able to sign consent

Exclusion Criteria:

• Receiving a lateral approach hip arthroplasty
• Cannot make follow up visits

Related Conditions & MeSH terms

• Arthroplasties, Hip Replacement
• Arthroplasty, Hip Replacement
• Health-Related Quality Of Life

Intervention

Procedure:
• Posterior Approach Precautions
These patients will be advised not to bend their leg or trunk more than 90 degrees, avoid crossing the leg or crossing midline, and rotating the leg inwards. Patients will also be instructed to put a pillow in between their legs while sleeping for 6 weeks and to avoid bathing for 6 weeks.
• Anterior Approach Precautions
These patients will be advised to avoid extending the leg back, rotating the leg outwards, and lifting their bottom when lying down after their surgery for 6 weeks.
• No Precautions
For the non-precautions group, there will be no mention of precautions by any providers before, during, and after surgery. No equipment will be given, but a list of self-care equipment will be available for 'comfort' purposes. Patients will be instructed to avoid bathing for 4 weeks. All groups will have instructions to use a walking aid and a toilet seat if needed, to weight-bear as tolerated, and to avoid driving for 3 weeks.

Locations

Country	Name	City	State
Canada	The Ottawa Hospital	Ottawa	Ontario

Sponsors (1)

Lead Sponsor	Collaborator
Ottawa Hospital Research Institute

Country where clinical trial is conducted

Canada, 

References & Publications (21)

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Outcome

Type	Measure	Description	Time frame	Safety issue
Primary	Change in Oxford Hip Score	Assess function of the hip	Week before surgery to 6 months after surgery
Secondary	Change in Tampa Scale for Kinesiophobia	This assesses kinesiophobia, using a 17 item scale with each item using a 4 point Likert scale . The final score is the sum of all questions except for 4, 8, 12 and 16 which has their score inverted before being added. The final score ranges from from 17-68 points with 68 being the highest degree of kinesiophobia.	Week before surgery to 6 months after surgery
Secondary	Change in Forgotten Joint Score	This measures awareness of a replaced joint	6 weeks after surgery to 6 months after surgery
Secondary	Change in EQ-5D-5L	This measures general health	Week before surgery to 6 months after surgery
Secondary	Canadian Patient Experience Survey - Inpatient Care (CPES-IC)	This will measure the patients' experience.	At 2 weeks after surgery