Centre for Policy on Ageing



Acceptability and compliance with wearing energy-shunting hip protectors — a six-month prospective follow-up in a Finnish nursing home
Author(s)	Jari Parkkari, Jussi Heikkilä, Pekka Kannus
Journal title	Age and Ageing, vol 27, no 2, March 1998
Pages	pp 225-230
Keywords	Fractures ; Preventative medicine ; Clothing aids ; Nursing homes ; Longitudinal surveys ; Finland.
Annotation	In this study to assess the acceptability and compliance with use of an energy-shunting hip protector, 12 out of 19 ambulatory residents (63%) in a Finnish nursing home agreed to use the protector. During the study period, these subjects wore the protector on average for more than 90% of their active days, i.e. days when they were mobile. Two subjects wore the protectors at night time; the rest only during waking hours. Mean wearing time during waking hours exceeded 90%. The study found that, with relatively little effort, use of external hip joint protectors can be a feasible strategy to prevent hip fractures in institutionalised older people. The attitude, education and motivation of the staff may be a factor in achieving good user compliance. Further community-based studies are needed to verify the benefits of hip protectors for older people. (RH).
Accession Number	CPA-981208251 A
Classmark	CUF: LK2: MQC: LHB: 3J: 76L
Data © Centre for Policy on Ageing

...from the Ageinfo database published by Centre for Policy on Ageing.