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- Title
Older People With Hip Fracture and IADL Disability Require Earlier Surgery.
- Authors
Pioli, Giulio; Lauretani, Fulvio; Davoli, Maria Luisa; Martini, Emilio; Frondini, Carlo; Pellicciotti, Francesca; Zagatti, Anna; Giordano, Antonio; Pedriali, Ilaria; Nardelli, Anna; Zurlo, Amedeo; Ferrari, Alberto; Lunardelli, Maria Lia
- Abstract
Background. Hip fractures represent a major challenge for physicians as well as society as a whole. Both poor functional status and delay to surgery are well known risk factors for negative outcomes. We hypothesized that the timing of the operation is more important for frail older people than older people without functional limitations before fracture. Methods. We performed a prospective multicenter cohort study on 806 consecutive patients, 75 years of age or older, admitted with a fragility hip fracture to three hospitals in the Emilia-Romagna Region (Italy). All three hospitals had a comanaged care model, and the patients were under the shared responsibility of an orthopedic surgeon and a geriatrician. Results. Functional status assessed as instrumental activities of daily living was an important predictor of survival after 1 year from fracture. After adjusting for confounders, the hazard ratios per 1 point score of increase from 0 to 8 was 1.30 (95% confidence interval 1.19–1.42, p = .000). Time to surgery increased 1-year mortality in patients with a low instrumental activities of daily living score (hazard ratios per day of surgical delay 1.14, 95% confidence interval 1.06–1.22, p < .001) and intermediate instrumental activities of daily living score (hazard ratios 1.21, 95% confidence interval 1.09–1.34, p < .001) but was an insignificant risk factor in functionally independent patients (hazard ratios 1.05 95% confidence interval 0.79–1.41, p = .706). Conclusions. Surgery delay is an independent factor for mortality in older patients after hip fracture but only for the frail older people with prefracture functional impairment. If our results are confirmed, a more intensive approach should be adopted for older people with hip fractures who have disabilities.
- Subjects
HIP fractures; GERIATRIC surgery; ACTIVITIES of daily living scales; GERIATRIC assessment; MEDICAL care
- Publication
Journals of Gerontology Series A: Biological Sciences & Medical Sciences, 2012, Vol 67, Issue 11, p1272
- ISSN
1079-5006
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1093/gerona/gls097