Effect of dementia on all-cause mortality in hip fracture surgery: a retrospective study on a nationwide Korean cohort.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

We aimed to evaluate the effect of dementia on the 1-year all-cause mortality in elderly patients who underwent hip fracture surgery, using a nationwide cohort in Korea.

Design, setting, and participants

This was a nationwide, retrospective study. Elderly patients (≥60 years) with and without dementia who underwent hip fracture surgery between January 2005 and December 2012 were distinguished using the data from the Korean National Health Insurance Service-Senior cohort.

Interventions

None.

Primary and secondary outcome measures

The mortality rates with 95% CIs and the impact of dementia on all-cause mortality were calculated using a generalised linear model with Poisson distribution and a multivariable-adjusted Cox proportional hazards model, respec

SUBMITTER: Jeong SH 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10186462 | biostudies-literature | 2023 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature