Educational Intervention about Hip Fracture in Patients Older Than 60 Years

Abstract

Introduction: Hip fracture is a prevalent entity in the elderly age group, and it constitutes one of the most frequent causes of hospital admission in persons over 65 years of age.

Objective: To evaluate the impact of an educational intervention on the knowledge that older adults have about hip fracture at Chiqui Gómez Lubián University Teaching Polyclinic, Santa Clara, during 2019.

Methods: A quasi-experimental educational intervention with no control group was carried out in older adults from a grandparents´ s club, to assess their knowledge about hip fracture. This assessment was conducted before and after the educational intervention during 2019 at Chiqui Gómez Polyclinic in Santa Clara. Eighteen aged adults made up the research sampled, who were selected by the non-probabilistic method.

Results: As a result of the educational intervention, 100% of the respondents showed adequate knowledge about hip fractures.

Conclusions: The educational intervention was effective as it showed growth in the level of knowledge in the elderly about hip fracture.

Keywords: older adult; hip fracture; educative intervention.