FACTORS AFFECTING RECOVERY FROM HIP SURGERY

拟议的研究将涉及临床和理论研究。 与在恢复期间改善功能有关的问题 从髋关节手术中脱身。 具体目标是： 1.描述两组老年人(人)如何 从髋关节置换手术中恢复过来的人 髋部骨折的外科修复)处理他们的问题 髋关节手术后恢复期在家相遇。 2.确定特定心理过程的影响 老年人的应对努力与功能水平 髋关节手术后在家中康复。 3.比较刺激人的心理过程 从预期的手术(髋关节置换)中恢复 从意想不到的手术中恢复的个人 (髋部骨折的外科修复)关于 这些进程涉及应对努力和运作水平。 4.确定信息的两个组成部分的影响 髋关节术后应对措施和功能水平的干预 做手术。 研究的第一阶段将是对应对的纵向研究 老年人髋关节手术后在家康复的努力。 受试者将在手术后住院期间进行研究 术后一、二、三、四个月。 在第一阶段将使用回归分析来检查 预测的关系。对结果的解释将是有限的 对关系的描述，以免暗示因果关系 推论。在第二阶段，将使用协方差分析来 检查以下两个组件的独特效果和组合效果 具体的客观信息。 这项拟议的研究对人类受试者的风险相当低。 对他们和社会来说，潜在的好处是巨大的。

The proposed investigation will address clinical and theoretical issues related to the improvement of functioning during recovery from hip surgery. The specific aims are: 1. To describe how each of two groups of elderly people (people recovering from hip replacement surgery and people who have had surgical repair of hip fractures) cope with the problems they encounter at home during the recovery phase after hip surgery. 2. To determine the effects of specific psychological processes on the coping effort and levels of functioning of elderly individuals recovering at home from hip surgery. 3. To compare the psychological processes stimulated for persons recovering from expected surgical procedures (hip replacements) with individuals recovering from unexpected surgical procedures (surgical repair of hip fractures) with regard to the effects of those processes on coping efforts and levels of functioning. 4. To determine the effects of two components of informational interventions on coping efforts and levels of functioning after hip surgery. Phase 1 of the research will be a longitudinal study of the coping efforts of the elderly recovering at home after hip surgery. Subjects will be studied while in the hospital after surgery and one, two, three, and four months after surgery. Regression analysis will be used in phase 1 to examine the predicted relationships. Interpretations of results will be limited to the description of relationships so as not to imply causal inference. In phase 2, analysis of covariance will be used to examine the unique and combined effects of two components of concrete objective information. The risk of the proposed research to human subjects is quite low. Potential benefits to them and society are substantial.