Fear of falling InTervention in HIP-fracture geriatric rehabilitation. This study evaluates the effectiveness, feasibility, and costs of a multi-component cognitive behavioural intervention programme aimed at reducing fear of falling after hip fracture.
Patients who have experienced a hip fracture often report concerns about falling. This ‘fear of falling’ can lead to activity restriction, and consequently impede functional recovery. At present there are no treatment programmes that address fear of falling in this specific target population.
The FIT-HIP intervention was designed for this purpose; a multi-component cognitive behavioural intervention approach for the treatment of fear of falling after hip fracture in an inpatient geriatric rehabilitation setting. The FIT-HIP study aimed to assess the effects, feasibility, and costs of this FIT-HIP intervention programme.
A cluster randomized controlled trial was performed to compare usual care in inpatient geriatric rehabilitation to usual care + the added FIT-HIP intervention. In the period March 2016 – January 2017, participants were recruited from eleven participating geriatric rehabilitation units.