The Null Hypothesis is that there is no association between Pain regime and the functional performance among geriatric patients having traumatic hip fracture. Two limbs are being assessed:1. Three weeks of regular oral Panadol and Tramadol after hip fracture 2. Oral Panadol and tramadol taking in p.r.n. basis. Functional outcome including Numerical Rate Scale for pain assessment, Functional Independency Measure and Elderly Mobility Score are chosen.
200X2 patients are recruited during two periods within the study period where regular oral analgesics is given for the first 200 patients while the rest of patient will receive oral analgesics upon demand
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Allocation
NON_RANDOMIZED
Purpose
TREATMENT
Masking
NONE
Enrollment
400
Panadol 500mg tablet Q4H prn Tramadol 50mg capsule Q4H prn
Regular Panadol 500mg tds with tramadol 50mg capsule tds for 3 weeks after injury
Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Queen Elizabeth Hospital
Hong Kong SAR, China
Functional Independency Measure(FIM)
FIM including motor and cognitive function of a patient. Motor area covers self care, ambulation, bowel and bladder and etc.
Time frame: 2 years
Elderly Mobility Score
It is to assess mobility in frail elderly people. A final score rangeing from 0-20 is assigned during several time-point of rehabilitation
Time frame: 2 years
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