@article{ref1,
title="Acceptance of hip protectors for hip fracture prevention in nursing homes",
journal="Osteoporosis international",
year="2001",
author="Hubacher, M. and Wettstein, A.",
volume="12",
number="9",
pages="794-799",
abstract="In order to prevent hip fractures 548 fall-prone senior citizens living in 20 nursing homes participated in a randomized controlled trial of hip protectors. One hundred and sixty-four were randomly selected into the control group and 384 into the intervention group. Of the patients in the intervention group 138 (35.9%) wore the protector throughout the whole 10 months of the study's duration, 124 (32.3%) quit wearing the protectors after an initial wearing period and 122 (31.8%) refused to wear them at all. The regular wearers had the protector on during an average of roughly 12 hours a day, so they were protected for 50% of their exposure time (including at night). Fifty-nine percent of the drop-outs stopped wearing the protectors in the first two study months, mostly for non-medical reasons. Calculation by a forecasting model showed that those senior citizens who were initially prepared to wear the protector tended to be those who were physically restricted.",
language="",
issn="0937-941X",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}