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Rocking Chairs as Post-operative Treatment for Older Adults After Hip Surgery

No phase Interventional Postoperative Care

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An automatic summary of structured registry data. It is an orientation aid, not a substitute for the official protocol or a physician assessment.

What is being studied
The protocol lists: Active rocking in a rocking chair, Sitting upright in a stationary chair.
Who it may be relevant to
Registry conditions: Postoperative Care. Basic parameters: from 65 years · All.
What needs checking
Age, condition and sex are only basic indicators. Prior treatment, laboratory values and other mandatory requirements appear in the eligibility criteria below.
Where it takes place
Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.
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Official title

Feasibility and Acceptability of the Impact of a Rocking Chair Intervention on Recovery Compared to Standard Care of Stationary Chair on Older Adults After Elective Orthopedic Hip Surgery: A Randomized Controlled Trial

Overview

Feasibility and acceptability randomized controlled trial exploring the use of a rocking chair after a total hip arthroplasty in adults who are aged 65 or older. Primary aims include its feasibility and acceptability; exploratory aims include the impact of rocking on pain, gastrointestinal effects, anxiety, ambulation, and additional healthcare visits.

Interventions

  • Behavioral Active rocking in a rocking chair
    Participants will actively rock 3 times per day for 30 minutes in a rocking chair
  • Behavioral Sitting upright in a stationary chair
    Participants will sit upright in a stationary chair 3 times per day for 30 minutes

Primary outcome measures

  • Number of participants that enroll and complete study assessed by Feasibility Participant Questionnaire (developed by investigators) [Time frame: From enrollment to 31-day follow-up]
  • Total participants reporting acceptability of rocking or sitting as measured by Acceptability for Participants Questionnaire [Time frame: From enrollment to 31-day follow-up]
Secondary outcome measures (6)
  • Total participants indicating Nausea using the PROMIS Scale v1.0 GI Nausea and Vomiting 4A [Time frame: From surgery (Day 1 of the study) to 31-day follow-up]
  • Total participants reporting Gas/bloating via PROMIS v1.1 GI Gas and Bloating 13A [Time frame: From surgery (Day 1 of the study) to end of 31-day follow-up]
  • Total participants reporting Daily pain assessed by PROMIS v2.0 pain intensity 3A [Time frame: From surgery (Day 1 of the study) to end of 31-day follow-up]
  • Total amount of participants' Daily Ambulation as measured using steps via activPAL4pro accelerometer [Time frame: After surgery (Day 1 of the study) and up to 7 days post-surgery]
  • Total amount of participants' Daily anxiety measured using the Anxiety subscale of the Neuro-QoL Hospital Anxiety and Depression Scale [Time frame: From enrollment through 31-day follow-up]
  • Participants' self-reported Additional healthcare visits since their surgery, as assessed via phone call at 31-days post-surgery [Time frame: From surgery (Day 1 of the study) until 31-day follow-up]

Eligibility criteria

Inclusion criteria

  • scheduled to undergo an elective primary total hip arthroplasty
  • Weigh less than 163kg (limit of rocking chair)
  • Able to consent
  • Able to rock with at least one leg

Exclusion criteria

  • Unable to sit in a chair for at least 30 minutes at a time
  • Hospitalized more than 24 hours after surgery
  • Cannot read and understand the English language
  • Planned disposition to rehabilitation facility or skilled nursing facility
  • Known vestibular dysfunction (such as Menieres, traumatic brain injury, vertigo)

Criteria are shown verbatim from the registry (in English). Final eligibility is always assessed by the study center.

Healthy volunteers: No

Study design

Allocation
Randomized
Model
Parallel assignment
Masking
Single blind
Primary purpose
Supportive care

Study locations

Center list to be confirmed — check the primary protocol.

Identifiers

NCT: NCT07544550 · 457957

Primary sources (government registries)

View this study on ClinicalTrials.gov ↗