Scoping review exploring the impact of hip fracture in older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

This review summarises the impact of hip fractures on health outcomes including subsequent falls, hospitalisation, length of hospital stay (LOS), functional status, quality of life and mortality in older adults with cognitive impairment or dementia. It also explores the risk of institutionalisation following a hip fracture in this population.

Design

A scoping review following the Arksey and O'Malley framework guided by the Joanna Briggs Institute methodology and adheres to Preferred Reporting Items for Systematic Reviews and Meta-analyses extension for Scoping Reviews guidelines.

Data sources

A comprehensive search strategy was developed to search MEDLINE, EMBASE, CINAHL and grey literature, with additional references identified through citation searching a

SUBMITTER: AbuAlrob H 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC12035481 | biostudies-literature | 2025 Apr

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature