The value of nonoperative versus operative treatment of frail institutionalized elderly patients with a proximal femoral fracture in the shade of life (FRAIL-HIP); protocol for a multicenter observational cohort study

Table 1 Schedule of events and follow-up

Radiographs & Event forms	Screening	Enrolment	7 days (4–10 days)	14 days (11–17 days)	30 days (23–37 days)	3 months (11–15 weeks)	6 months (6–7 months)
X-ray or CT-scan	X
Screening	X
Informed Consent		X
Shared Decision		X
Baseline Data			X
General Clinical FU			X	X	X	X	X
QoL (EQ-5D and QUALIDEM)			X^a	X	X	X	X
PACSLAC and Analgesic use			X^a	X	X	X	X
Complications and mortality			X	X	X	X	X
(Secondary) Interventions			X	X	X	X	X
Satisfaction of patient (or proxy)			X^b	X^b	X^b	X^b	X
QODD			X^b	X^b	X^b	X^b	X^b
Satisfaction of caregiver			X^b	X^b	X^b	X^b	X
Health Care Use			X^a	X	X	X	X
Early Withdrawal			^c	^c	^c	^c	^c

EQ-5D is completed by proxy and (if possible) by patients themselves
^aAsking for current and pre-trauma status; ^bOnly if patients died prior to that follow-up moment; ^cOnly if applicable

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