Determinants of Health Status Three to Six Years After Surgical Treatment of Closed Ankle Fracture and Comparison with the General Population: A Historical Cohort Study.

ABSTRACT:

Background

The purposes of the present study were to identify the determinants of health status 3 to 6 years after open reduction and internal fixation (ORIF) for the treatment of closed ankle fracture and to compare the health status of patients who had undergone this procedure with that in the general population after adjusting for sociodemographic variables, body mass index (BMI), and smoking status.

Methods

The present study was a historical cohort study combined with a postal survey. In total, 1,149 patients who underwent ORIF for the treatment of closed ankle fractures at 2 hospitals were eligible for chart review; 959 with low-energy fractures were eligible for a postal survey, and 471 (49%) responded to the Short Form Health Survey-36 (SF-36) health status questionna

SUBMITTER: Stavem K 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6133095 | biostudies-literature | 2017 Sep

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature