RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
T1 World Hip Trauma Evaluation (WHiTE): framework for embedded comprehensive cohort studies
JF BMJ Open
JO BMJ Open
FD British Medical Journal Publishing Group
SP e011679
DO 10.1136/bmjopen-2016-011679
VO 6
IS 10
A1 Matthew L Costa
A1 Xavier L Griffin
A1 Juul Achten
A1 David Metcalfe
A1 Andrew Judge
A1 Rafael Pinedo-Villanueva
A1 Nicholas Parsons
YR 2016
UL http://bmjopen.bmj.com/content/6/10/e011679.abstract
AB Introduction Osteoporotic hip fractures present a significant global challenge to patients, clinicians and healthcare systems. It is estimated that hip fracture accounts for 1.4% of total social and healthcare costs in the established market economies.Methods and analysis The World Hip Trauma Evaluation (WHiTE) was set up to measure outcome in a comprehensive cohort of UK patients with hip fracture. All patients in the cohort are treated under a single comprehensive treatment pathway. A core outcome set, including health-related quality of life, is collected on all the patients. This protocol describes the current multicentre project that will be used as a vehicle to deliver a series of embedded observational studies.Ethics and dissemination Research Ethics Committee approval was granted (Rec reference 11/LO/0927, approved 18/8/2011) and each hospital trust provided National Health Service (NHS) approvals.Trial registration number The study is registered with National Institute of Health Research Portfolio (UKCRN ID 12351) and the ISRCTN registry (ISRCTN63982700).