Recovery process in elderly patients after hip fracture surgery
Section: Originals
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Plaza Carmona M, Jiménez Mola S, Seco Calvo J. Proceso de recuperación en las personas mayores intervenidas por fractura de cadera. Metas Enferm sep 2016; 19(7): 12-18.
Authors
María Plaza Carmona1, Sonia Jiménez Mola2, Jesús Seco Calvo3
Position
1Doctora por la Universidad de Castilla-La Mancha. Facultad de Ciencias de la Salud. Universidad de León2Licenciada en Medicina. Servicio de Geriatría. Complejo Asistencial Universitario de León 3Doctor por la Universidad de Salamanca. Instituto de Biomedicina. Universidad de León (BIOMED)
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María Plaza Carmona. Pº de la Estación, 5. 45870 Lillo (Toledo).
Contact email: maria.plazacarmona@gmail.com
Abstract
Objective: to identify the main clinical, functional and cognitive characteristics of elderly patients admitted at the Hospital Universitario de León with hip fracture, and to analyze the influence on the recovery process of their type of living environment after discharge from hospital.
Methods: a preliminary transversal descriptive study that analyzed the physiological characteristics of elderly patients who were hospitalized due to hip fracture diagnosis in the Hospital de León. To this aim, >75-year-old patients were selected, who had been hospitalized due to hip fracture. The health status of patients was assessed at admission and six weeks after hospital discharge.
Results: thirty-eight (38) elderly persons were included. All patients who underwent surgery experienced a significant loss of functionality regarding their basal situation (own home p< 0.009; the home of relatives p< 0.024; geriatric institution p< 0.018). The number of comorbidities presented by patients was 3.7, and this was an additional problem that complicated further the recovery process. The patients with a worse walking ability six weeks after hospital discharge were those transferred to a geriatric institution, with a significant difference in comparison with those transferred to the home of a relative (p< 0.023).
Conclusions: those patients transferred to a geriatric institution after hip fracture surgery presented worse walking abilities at six weeks after hospital discharge.
Keywords:
Hip fracture; walking; elderly person; functional recovery
Versión en Español
Título:
Proceso de recuperación en las personas mayores intervenidas por fractura de cadera