Factors Affecting Persistent Postoperative Pain in Patients with Hip Fractures
Table 1
Patient characteristics.
Light group (n = 50)
Severe group (n = 22)
value
Age (years)
82.8 ± 6.5
82.9 ± 7.2
0.98
Sex
0.88
Male
5
2
Female
44
20
BMI
20.4 ± 3.2
21.5 ± 3.8
0.21
Length of hospital stay (days)
88.4 ± 26.6
90.9 ± 26.6
0.71
Fracture type
0.86
Femoral neck fracture (n)
30
13
Trochanteric fracture (n)
19
9
Type of surgery
0.37
BHA (n)
21
7
CHS (n)
10
9
γ nail (n)
12
4
Pinning (n)
6
2
Barthel Index before admission (point)
95.0 ± 7.6
90.5 ± 13.9
0.08
TMIG index before admission (point)
6.9 ± 4.2
6.6 ± 4.3
0.75
Values are expressed as mean ± standard deviation (SD). BHA, bipolar hip arthroplasty; BMI, body mass index; CHS, compression hip screw; TMIG, Tokyo Metropolitan Institute of Gerontology.
