M e t h o d s Design: Randomized controlled trial. Allocation: Concealed.* Blinding: Blinded (outcome assessors).* Follow-up period: Up to 4 months. Setting: A teaching hospital in Wales, United Kingdom. Patients: 318 women > 65 years of age with acute nonpathologic hip fracture in a single trauma ward. Intervention: Personal attention of DAs (n = 153) or conventional pattern of nurseand dietit...