Open AccessFunctional Status Geriatric Scores: Single-Handed Tools for 30-Day Mortality Risk After Hip Fracture
Author(s) -
Carmen da Casa,
Carmen PablosHernández,
Alfonso GonzálezRamírez,
Juan F. Blanco
Publication year - 2021
Publication title -
clinical interventions in aging
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.184
H-Index - 76
eISSN - 1178-1998
pISSN - 1176-9092
DOI - 10.2147/cia.s302620
Subject(s) - medicine , hip fracture , logistic regression , barthel index , prospective cohort study , physical therapy , activities of daily living , surgery , osteoporosis
The 30-day mortality rate after hip fracture surgery has been considered as an indirect indicator of the quality of care. This work aims to appraise the Barthel Index, Katz Index, Lawton-Brody Index, and Physical Red Cross Scale registered in the Comprehensive Geriatric Assessment at admission on the of 30-day death probability after hip fracture surgery.