Characterization of Hip Fractures Among Adults With Schizophrenia in Ontario, Canada.

ABSTRACT:

Importance

Evidence suggests that individuals with schizophrenia are at an increased risk of hip fractures; however, the sex-specific burden of hip fractures among adults with schizophrenia has not been quantified and compared with the general population.

Objective

To describe sociodemographic and clinical characteristics of patients with hip fracture and schizophrenia and to quantify their sex-specific annual hip fracture rates relative to those without schizophrenia.

Design, setting, and participants

This repeated population-based, cross-sectional study leveraged multiple individually linked health administrative databases for patients in Ontario, Canada. We included patients aged 40 to 105 years with hip fracture-related hospitalization between April 1, 2009, and M

SUBMITTER: Ansari H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10148203 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature