[Netherlands] Treatment satisfaction with nonoperative management of suspected hip fractures in nursing home patients with a Do-Not-Hospitalize directive: A prospective case series (NONU-HIP)

[Netherlands] Treatment satisfaction with nonoperative management of suspected hip fractures in nursing home patients with a Do-Not-Hospitalize directive: A prospective case series (NONU-HIP)
Journal of Palliative Care; by Sverre A I Loggers, Romke Van Balen, Jeroen Steens, Hanna C Willems, Pamela Riezebos, Anja Wagenaar-Huisman, Michael H J Verhofstad, Esther M M Van Lieshout, Pieter Joosse; 9/25
Some nursing home residents opt to forgo hospital admission in case of a suspected hip fracture due to the poor prognosis. This study assesses treatment satisfaction and quality of life in nursing home residents with a suspected hip fracture and a do-not-hospitalize directive. This study showed that nonoperative management of suspected proximal femoral fractures in nursing home patients that opted to forgo hospital admission, results in high treatment satisfaction, high quality of dying with good symptom control, and predictable short-term mortality rates.