TY - JOUR
T1 - Factors related to successful rehabilitation after hip fracture
T2 - A case-control study
AU - Lieberman, Devora
AU - Fried, Vera
AU - Castel, Hana
AU - Weitzmann, Shimon
AU - Lowenthal, Mark N.
AU - Galinsky, David
PY - 1996/5
Y1 - 1996/5
N2 - A case-control study was performed to evaluate factors associated with successful rehabilitation in elderly patients who sustained hip fractures. All 170 patients with fractured hips hospitalized in the geriatrics ward of the Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel between 1987 and 1991 were studied. Success of rehabilitation was determined by staff evaluation of the patient's ability to walk and perform activities of daily living. The independent variables, including sociodemographic and medical variables, and mental and functional assessments, were assessed by chart reviews, staff evaluation and mental tests. One-hundred and twenty-nine patients (75.9%) were successfully rehabilitated. A normal mental state (p < 0.0001), female gender (p < 0.02) and absence of diabetes mellitus (p < 0.008) were associated significantly with successful rehabilitation.
AB - A case-control study was performed to evaluate factors associated with successful rehabilitation in elderly patients who sustained hip fractures. All 170 patients with fractured hips hospitalized in the geriatrics ward of the Soroka Medical Center in Beer-Sheva, Israel between 1987 and 1991 were studied. Success of rehabilitation was determined by staff evaluation of the patient's ability to walk and perform activities of daily living. The independent variables, including sociodemographic and medical variables, and mental and functional assessments, were assessed by chart reviews, staff evaluation and mental tests. One-hundred and twenty-nine patients (75.9%) were successfully rehabilitated. A normal mental state (p < 0.0001), female gender (p < 0.02) and absence of diabetes mellitus (p < 0.008) were associated significantly with successful rehabilitation.
KW - Elderly
KW - Hip fracture
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0029895061&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.3109/09638289609166305
DO - 10.3109/09638289609166305
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C2 - 8743299
AN - SCOPUS:0029895061
SN - 0963-8288
VL - 18
SP - 224
EP - 230
JO - Disability and Rehabilitation
JF - Disability and Rehabilitation
IS - 5
ER -