Predicting outcome after hip fracture: using a frailty index to integrate comprehensive geriatric assessment results | Zendy

Manju Krishnan | Zendy; Sue Beck | Zendy; Will Havelock | Zendy; Eamonn Eeles | Zendy; Ruth E. Hubbard | Zendy; Antony Johansen | Zendy

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Predicting outcome after hip fracture: using a frailty index to integrate comprehensive geriatric assessment results

Author(s) -

Manju Krishnan,

Sue Beck,

Will Havelock,

Eamonn Eeles,

Ruth E. Hubbard,

Antony Johansen

Publication year - 2013

Publication title -

age and ageing

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.014

H-Index - 143

eISSN - 1468-2834

pISSN - 0002-0729

DOI - 10.1093/ageing/aft084

Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , cohort , prospective cohort study , logistic regression , frailty index , physical therapy , gerontology , osteoporosis

hip fracture is expensive in terms of mortality, hospital length of stay (LOS) and consequences for independence. Poor outcome reflects the vulnerability of patients who typically sustain this injury, but the impact of different comorbidities and impairments is complex to understand. We consider this in a prospective cohort study designed to examine how a patients' frailty index (FI) predicts outcome.

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