This study aims to explore the patient experiences of living alone older adults with injuries, and to examine the effects of a "Geriatric Trauma Care Program" in older adults with limb injuries who live alone. A three-year design will be used to reach the purposes of this study. The first stage of this study will use descriptive phenomenology to get patient experiences of living alone older adults with injuries. In the second stage of this study, a two-arm experimental design will be used.
Age range
65 Years – 74 Years
Sex
ALL
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The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Timeframe: at 1 day before hospital discharge
The Barthel's Index (BI)
Timeframe: at 1 day before hospital discharge
The Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF)
Timeframe: at 1 day before hospital discharge
The Elderly Loneliness Scale (ELS)
Timeframe: at 1 day before hospital discharge
Taiwanese version of the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)
Timeframe: at 1 day before hospital discharge
The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Timeframe: at 1 months after hospital discharge
The Barthel's Index (BI)
Timeframe: at 1 months after hospital discharge
The Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF)
Timeframe: at 1 months after hospital discharge
The Elderly Loneliness Scale (ELS)
Timeframe: at 1 months after hospital discharge
Taiwanese version of the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)
Timeframe: at 1 months after hospital discharge
The Numeric Pain Rating Scale (NPRS)
Timeframe: at 3 months after hospital discharge
The Barthel's Index (BI)
Timeframe: at 3 months after hospital discharge
The Geriatric Depression Scale Short Form (GDS-SF)
Timeframe: at 3 months after hospital discharge
The Elderly Loneliness Scale (ELS)
Timeframe: at 3 months after hospital discharge
Taiwanese version of the EuroQol-5D (EQ-5D)
Timeframe: at 3 months after hospital discharge