Health-related quality of life and self-reported ability concerning ADL and IADL after hip fracture: A randomized trial

Figures & data

Table 1.  Demographic and medical data regarding the hip fracture patients

	OT group (n = 41)^a	C group (n = 44)^a
Age, mean (range) years	81 (68–93)	78 (65–93)
Hospital stay, median (range) days	14 (3–33)	13 (4–23)
Women/men	34/7	32/12
Marital status, living alone	28	26
Type of fracture: cervical/trochanteric	23/18	31/13
Need for adaptation of the home ^b	22

^a 15 patients did not answer the questionnaires on all three occasions: OT group, 9 patients (age range 70–91 years, 8 women); C-group, 6 patients (age range 67–95 years, all women).

^b Home visits only done with patients in the OT group.

Table 2.  Self-reported health-related quality of life after hip fracture. SWED-QUAL scores for patients receiving OT training (OT group) and controls (C group)

SWED-QUAL	Assessment I^a			Assessment II^b			Assessment III^b
subscales	mean	SD	range	mean	SD	range	mean	SD	range
Physical function
OT group	69	21	6–85	23	11	9–57	48	16	14–90
C group	70	22	28–90	24	15	0–57	44	18	9–83
Satisfaction with physical functioning
OT group	60	34	0–100	42	32	10–100	51	33	0–100
C group	72	33	0–100	49	34	0–100	47	34	0–100
Pain
OT group	73	28	11–100	53	30	20–100	70	25	20–100
C group	84	27	20–100	59	33	0–84	69	30	0–100
Limitations due to physical health problems
OT group	54	38	0–100	23	33	0–100	35	31	0–100
C group	74	37	0–100	24	28	0–100	42	35	0–100
Limitations due to emotional health problems
OT group	67	73	0–100	53	42	0–100	57	38	0–100
C group	87	78	0–100	67	42	0–100	64	41	0–100
Positive affect
OT group	73	23	22–100	67	27	16–100	70	29	11–100
C group	78	25	11–100	71	29	11–100	67	32	0–100
Negative affect
OT group	78	21	33–100	73	35	22–100	70	30	0–100
C group	79	21	22–100	74	26	16–100	75	24	16–100
Degree of vitality
OT group	74	22	5–100	81	18	33–100	78	19	25–100
C group	82	17	33–100	81	18	38–100	82	19	22–100
Sleep functioning
OT group	63	25	16–100	55	27	5–100	66	27	11–100
C group	68	27	11–100	64	26	5–100	65	30	0–100
General health perception
OT group	77	22	19–100	75	24	14–100	71	25	9–100
C group	80	27	7–100	79	24	29–100	78	26	17–100
Satisfaction with family life
OT group	92	15	33–100	94	11	50–100	94	14	41–100
C group	92	14	41–100	91	14	50–100	95	11	58–100
Satisfaction with relationship
OT group	92	15	41–100	94	12	55–100	93	17	20–100
C group	94	11	61–100	93	12	58–100	95	11	61–100

^a 2–4 days after surgery

^b at discharge, 9–11 days after surgery

^c follow-up 2 months after surgery