Effect of frailty on quality of life in elderly patients after hip fracture: a longitudinal study.

ABSTRACT:

Objectives

The aims of this study were to examine the pattern of changes over time in health status (HS) and quality of life (QoL) in the first year after hip fracture and to quantify the association between frailty at the onset of hip fracture and the change in HS and QoL 1 year later. The major hypothesis was that frailty, a clinical state of increased vulnerability, is a good predictor of QoL in patients recovering from hip fracture.

Design

Prospective, observational, follow-up cohort study.

Setting

Secondary care. Ten participating centres in Brabant, the Netherlands.

Participants

1091 patients entered the study and 696 patients completed the study. Patients with a hip fracture aged 65 years and older or proxy respondents for patients with cognitive impairm

SUBMITTER: van de Ree CLP 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6661564 | biostudies-literature | 2019 Jul

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature