Improving Secondary Bone Protection Prescription in Patients Admitted With a Femoral Neck Fracture.
bone-protection
geriatrics
neck of femur fracture
orthopaedics
quality improvement tool
Journal
Cureus
ISSN: 2168-8184
Titre abrégé: Cureus
Pays: United States
ID NLM: 101596737
Informations de publication
Date de publication:
Oct 2021
Oct 2021
Historique:
accepted:
18
10
2021
entrez:
25
11
2021
pubmed:
26
11
2021
medline:
26
11
2021
Statut:
epublish
Résumé
Background The socioeconomic burden caused by fragility fractures is well recognised in today's ageing society, with hip fractures making a notable contribution. There is a significant national drive for secondary-prevention bone-protection prescription given the high morbidity and mortality rates of femoral neck fractures. A Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant, Time-bound (SMART) aim was constructed to reach the gold standard in a level 2 trauma centre, utilising the Model for Improvement methodology. Methodology Baseline data were collected for 79 consecutive patients admitted with a neck of femur fracture. A total of 14% were managed with bone-protection plans. The root cause analysis identified three elements having a major impact on the prescription of secondary bone-protection medication: the lack of awareness, education, and a structured multidisciplinary team (MDT) approach. Appropriate plan-do-study-act cycles were implemented and change audited. Results Following cycles one and two, the mean percentage of patients managed with bone-protection plans increased from 14% to 44% and 76%, respectively. A statistical process control chart demonstrated positive change for each cycle, with p-values of <0.01 and <0.001, respectively. After our final cycle, 100% of patients suffering from a femoral neck fracture were being managed with appropriate bone-protection plans according to the Royal College of Physicians' national hip fracture database. We observed 100% sustainability two years later, despite the coronavirus disease 2019 pandemic service disruptions and redeployment of staff. Conclusions Departmental awareness and education played an important role in this quality improvement project. The ultimatum and sustainability intervention was 'responsibility charting' among the MDT: setting clear roles within the team to deliver better patient care.
Identifiants
pubmed: 34820213
doi: 10.7759/cureus.18883
pmc: PMC8600251
doi:
Types de publication
Journal Article
Langues
eng
Pagination
e18883Informations de copyright
Copyright © 2021, Hamid et al.
Déclaration de conflit d'intérêts
The authors have declared that no competing interests exist.
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