BACKGROUND: This study is part of the Trondheim Hip Fracture Trial, where we compared free-living physical behavior in daily life 4 and 12  months following hip surgery for @entity1 managed with comprehensive geriatric care (CGC) in a geriatric ward with those managed with orthopedic care (OC) in an orthopedic ward. METHODS: This is a single centre, prospective, randomized controlled trial. 397 @entity173 @entity1 were randomized to CGC (n   =   199) or OC (n   =   198) in the Emergency Department with follow-up assessments performed four and 12  months post-surgery. Outcomes were mean upright time, number and length of upright events recorded continuously for four days at four and 12  months post-surgery by an accelerometer-based activity monitor. Missing data were handled by multiple imputation and group differences assessed by linear regression with adjustments for gender, age and @entity174 type. RESULTS: There were no group differences in @entity1 ' pre- @entity174 characteristics. Estimated group difference in favor of CGC in upright time at 4  months was 34.6  min (17.4  %, CI 9.6 to 59.6, p   =   .007) and at 12  months, 27.7  min (13.9  %, CI 3.5 to 51.8, p   =   .025). Average and maximum length of upright events was longer in the CGC (p's   <   .042). No group difference was found for number of upright events (p's   >   .452). CONCLUSION: @entity1 treated with CGC during the hospital stay improved free-living physical behavior more than those treated with OC both 4 and 12  months after surgery, with more time and longer periods spent in upright. Results support findings from the same study for functional outcomes, and demonstrate that CGC impacts daily life as long as one year after surgery. TRIALS REGISTRATION: ClinicalTrials.gov, NCT00667914 , April 18, 2008.

The long-term effect of being treated in a geriatric ward compared to an orthopaedic ward on six measures of free-living physical behavior 4 and 12 months after a XXXX - a randomised controlled trial.

@entity1 :: ('9606', 'Species') :: ['participants', 'patients', 'Participants'] @entity173 :: ('MESH:D006620', 'Disease') :: ['hip fracture'] @entity174 :: ('MESH:D050723', 'Disease') :: ['fracture']
@entity173 :: (MESH:D006620,Disease) :: ['hip fracture']
