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Fragility non-hip fracture patients are at risk
- Source :
- Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery. 135:69-77
- Publication Year :
- 2014
- Publisher :
- Springer Science and Business Media LLC, 2014.
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Abstract
- Fragility fractures are a growing worldwide health care problem. Hip fractures have been clearly associated with poor outcomes. Fragility fractures of other bones are common reasons for hospital admission and short-term disability, but specific long-term outcome studies of non-hip fragility fractures are rare. The aim of our trial was to evaluate the 1-year outcomes of non-hip fragility fracture patients. This study is a retrospective cohort review of 307 consecutive older inpatient non-hip fracture patients. Patient data for analysis included fracture location, comorbidity prevalence, pre-fracture functional status, osteoporosis treatments and sociodemographic characteristics. The main outcomes evaluated were 1-year mortality and post-fracture functional status. As compared to the expected mortality, the observed 1-year mortality was increased in the study group (17.6 vs. 12.2 %, P = 0.005). After logistic regression, three variables remained as independent risk factors for 1-year mortality among non-hip fracture patients: malnutrition (OR 3.3, CI 1.5–7.1), Charlson comorbidity index (CCI) (OR 1.3, CI 1.1–1.5) and the Parker Mobility Score (PMS) (OR 0.85, CI 0.74–0.98). CCI and PMS were independent risk factors for a high grade of dependency after 1 year. Management of osteoporosis did not significantly improve after hospitalization due to a non-hip fragility fracture. The outcomes of older non-hip fracture patients are comparable to the poor outcomes of older hip fracture patients, and appear to be primarily related to comorbidities, pre-fracture function and nutritional status. The low rate of patients on osteoporosis medications likely reflects the insufficient recognition of the importance of osteoporosis assessment and treatment in non-hip fracture patients. Increased clinical and academic attention to non-hip fracture patients is needed.
- Subjects :
- Male
medicine.medical_specialty
Osteoporosis
Comorbidity
Logistic regression
Fragility
Risk Factors
Internal medicine
Humans
Medicine
Orthopedics and Sports Medicine
Aged
Retrospective Studies
Aged, 80 and over
Hip fracture
Hip Fractures
business.industry
Retrospective cohort study
Recovery of Function
General Medicine
medicine.disease
Surgery
Malnutrition
Orthopedic surgery
Female
business
Osteoporotic Fractures
Subjects
Details
- ISSN :
- 14343916 and 09368051
- Volume :
- 135
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- Archives of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi.dedup.....00ed37b0cf91e78b84ff3e02bb6411da
- Full Text :
- https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-014-2115-4