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Psychiatric illness and length of stay in elderly patients with hip fracture
Author(s) -
Holmes John
Publication year - 1996
Publication title -
international journal of geriatric psychiatry
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.28
H-Index - 129
eISSN - 1099-1166
pISSN - 0885-6230
DOI - 10.1002/(sici)1099-1166(199607)11:7<607::aid-gps356>3.0.co;2-o
Subject(s) - depression (economics) , neurosis , psychiatry , hip fracture , mental illness , medicine , physical illness , mental state , mental health , osteoporosis , economics , macroeconomics
The prevalence of psychiatric illness in 50 consecutive elderly patients admitted with hip fracture was determined using the Geriatric Mental State in its community version, supplemented by the Standardised Mini Mental State Examination. Organic impairment was found in 52%, depression in 16% and obsessional neurosis in 2%. The presence of psychiatric illness significantly increased the length of stay.