Short-Term Outcomes of Interdisciplinary Hip Fracture Rehabilitation in Frail Elderly Inpatients

Table 1

Characteristics of study population.

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Demographic and clinical characteristics

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(i) N (male/female) 50 (11/ 39). Mean Age ± SD: 84. 1 ± 4.7 (73- 95)

(ii) Living arrangement before hip fracture Family home         66 %

                           Partner- at own home  24 %

                           Caregiver- at own home 8 %

                           Nursing home          2 %

(iii) Fracture type/Surgery: Intracapsular- Hemiarthroplasty   70 %

           Extracapsular- Intramedullary Nail  30 %

(iv) Delay mean time until rehabilitation (days) 6.4 ± 2

(v) Pre-fracture CCI: 48% CCI ≥ 2

(vi) MMSE-admission mean ± SD: 21.9 ± 4.5 (14- 30). 64 % MMSE < 24.

(vii) MNA median(IQR)- admission: 12 (9, 13).

(viii) Albumin serum level- admission, mean ± SD: 3.36 ± 0.46

(ix) Barthel median (IQR)

            pre-fracture  90 (85, 100)

         1 month post-discharge  80 (68.75, 90).

(x) FAC ≥ 4

              pre-fracture   90 %

         1 month post-discharge  82 %

(xi) Mean Length stay at Rehabilitation Unit (days): 21.9 ± 6.1

(xii) Patient Destination after hospital discharge: Nursing home 14 %

                          Family home  86%

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SD: standard deviation; MMSE: mini–mental state examination; MNA: mini–nutritional assessment; IQR: interquartile range; FAC: functional ambulation classification.