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The prognostic factors for functional recovery in elders with hip fracture
Author(s) -
Oh Heeyoung,
Feldt Karen S
Publication year - 2000
Publication title -
nursing and health sciences
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.563
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1442-2018
pISSN - 1441-0745
DOI - 10.1046/j.1442-2018.2000.00065.x
Subject(s) - social support , mood , anxiety , depression (economics) , hip fracture , psychology , medicine , clinical psychology , physical therapy , psychiatry , osteoporosis , economics , psychotherapist , macroeconomics
The purpose of the present study was to identify the factors that may have an impact on functional recovery in elder subjects with hip fracture. A prospective study design examined the impact of pain, negative emotions, and social support on functional outcome in a sample of 70 elderly subjects at two hospitals in a United States Midwestern metropolitan area. Data were collected at discharge and at 2 months following discharge, using the Verbal Descriptor Scale, depression and anxiety subscales on the Profile of Mood States, a modified Norbeck Social Support Questionnaire, and a modified Functional Status Index. Subjects who had less pain with movement ( r = 0.29, P = 0.016), less anxiety ( r = 0.31, P = 0.023), greater network size ( r = −0.27, P = 0.045), more instrumental support ( r = –0.28, P = 0.042) achieved better functional recovery. Pain, negative emotions, social support, age and mental status explained 56% of the variance in functional outcome.