The Journey of Recovery: Caregivers’ Perspectives From a Hip Fracture Telerehabilitation Clinical Trial Ariza Vega, María Patrocinio Castillo-Pérez, Herminia Ortiz-Piña, Mariana Ziden, Lena Palomino-Vidal, Jerónimo Ashe, Maureen Celeste Caregiver Recovery Rehabilitation This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by OXFORD UNIV PRESS INC in Physical Therapy & Rehabilitation Journal on March 2021, available at: doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa220.” Objective: To explore family caregivers’ perspectives of the recovery process of older adults with hip fracture, and describe experiences from caregivers who (i) used the online intervention or (ii) received home-based care provided by the Andalusian Public Health Care System. Methods: This was an exploratory secondary study with informal family caregivers who had an older adult family member with hip fracture enrolled in a novel telerehabilitation (telerehab) clinical trial. Forty-four caregivers of older adults with hip fracture were interviewed at 6-9 months after their family member’s hip fracture. Results: Caregivers shared concerns of family members’ survival and recovery; they recounted increased stress and anxiety due to the uncertainty of new tasks associated with providing care and the impact on their lifestyle. Although most caregivers were satisfied with the health care received, they made suggestions for better organization of hospital discharge, and requests for home support. The main reasons why caregivers and their family member chose the telerehab program were to, enhance recovery after fracture, gain knowledge for managing at home, and the convenience of completing the exercises at home. There were more family caregivers in the control group who expressed a high level of stress and anxiety, and they also requested more social and health services compared with caregivers whose family member received telerehab. Conclusions: Family caregivers are an essential component of recovery after hip fracture by providing emotional and physical support. However, future clinical interventions should evaluate person-centered interventions to mitigate possible stress and anxiety experienced by family caregivers. Impact statement: Family caregivers’ perspectives are necessary in the co-design of management strategies for older adults after hip fracture. 2024-02-04T16:21:01Z 2024-02-04T16:21:01Z 2021-03 info:eu-repo/semantics/article Ariza-Vega P, Castillo-Pérez H, Ortiz-Piña M, Ziden L, Palomino-Vidal J, Ashe MC. The Journey of Recovery: Caregivers' Perspectives From a Hip Fracture Telerehabilitation Clinical Trial. Phys Ther. 2021 Mar 3;101(3):pzaa220. doi: 10.1093/ptj/pzaa220. PMID: 33351931. https://hdl.handle.net/10481/88136 10.1093/ptj/pzaa220 eng http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 Internacional OXFORD UNIV PRESS