Evaluating a Strategy to Improve Pre-Anesthesia Care Discussions (My Anesthesia Choice-Hip Fracture)

Recruiting N/A Interventional Study
Hip Fractures Femoral Neck Fractures Intertrochanteric Fractures Subtrochanteric Fractures
No Placebo Group Every participant receives an active treatment — no one gets a placebo.
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At a Glance
Age
50 and older
Sex
Any
Study type
Interventional
Purpose
Health Services Research
Participants needed
1,881 (estimated)
Sponsor
University of Pennsylvania · Other
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About This Trial
The objective of this study is to assess the implementation process for and the effectiveness of a quality improvement (QI) strategy to increase shared decision-making around anesthesia options for hip fracture surgery at 6 US hospitals. The QI strategy is to be facilitated by a clinician-administered 1-page bedside conversation aid designed to improve the quality of physician-patient communicatio…
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Eligibility Criteria
Inclusion: Age 50 and older Planned surgery to treat a hip fracture Exclusion: Contraindication to spinal anesthesia: current anticoagulant therapy or coagulopathy Contraindication to spinal anesthesia: critical aortic stenosis Contraindication to spinal anesthesia: skin infection over the lumbar…
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Mark Neuman, MD

215-746-7468

neumanm@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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Karah Whatley

karah.whatley@pennmedicine.upenn.edu

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