Application of multifunctional rehabilitation wheelchair in early off-bed activities of elderly patients with hip fracture surgery / 现代临床护理

ABSTRACT

Objective To explore the effect of multifunctional rehabilitation wheelchair on early rehabilitation of elderly patients after anesthesia recovery with hip fracture surgery.Methods Toally 34 elderly inpatients with hip fracture surgery treated with regular function exerciser between November 2013 to October 2014 were assigned as the control group and another 34 elderly inpatients with hip fracture surgery during November 2014 and November 2015 as the observation group.The control group was treated with routine nursing and early on-bed rehabilitation exercise and the latter with early off-bed exercises on a muhifunctional wheelchair.The two groups were compared in terms of hip function and daily life activities ability before surgery and 14 d after operation.Result The Harris hip function cores and activities of daily living scores of the observation group after surgery were significantly higher than those of the control group (P ＜0.05).Conclusion Multifunctional rehabilitation wheelchair can be effective in the improvement of the hip function and daily life activities for the elderly patients with hip fracture surgery.