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Factors associated with the course of health-related quality of life after a hip fracture

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Introduction

The number of hip fracture patients is expected to grow the forthcoming decades. Knowledge of the impact of the fracture on the lives of elderly could help us target our care. The aim of the study is to describe HRQoL (Health-Related Quality of Life) after a hip fracture and to identify factors associated with the course of HRQoL in the first postoperative year.

Materials and methods

335 surgically treated hip fracture patients (mean age 79.4 years, SD 10.7, 68 % female) were included in a prospective observational cohort. HRQoL was measured with the SF-12 Health Survey, composed of the Physical and a Mental Component Summary Score (PCS, MCS), at admission (baseline) and at 3 and 12 months postoperatively. Eleven predefined factors known to be associated with the course of HRQoL were recorded: age, gender, physical status, having a partner at admission, living in an institution, prefracture level of mobility, anemia, type of fracture and treatment, delirium during hospital stay and length of stay.

Results

HRQoL declined between baseline and 3 months, and recovered between three and 12 months. PCS HRQoL did not recover to baseline values, MCS HRQoL did. Age younger than 80 years, ASA classification I and II, higher prefracture level of mobility, intracapsular fracture and treatment with osteosynthesis (compared to arthroplasty) were associated with greater initial decline in PCS HRQoL, none of the recorded factors were significant for decline in MCS HRQoL.

Conclusions

Both PCS and MCS HRQoL declined after a hip fracture and PCS did not recover to baseline values. Healthier patients may need extra care to prevent them from having a steep decline in postoperative PCS HRQoL and arthroplasty should be considered with low threshold.

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  1. Department of Orthopedic Surgery, Reinier de Graaf Group, Reinier de Graafweg 3-11, 2625, AD, Delft, The Netherlands

    Sophie Moerman & Nina M. C. Mathijssen

  2. Centre for Orthopedic Surgery OCON, Geerdinksweg 141, 7555, DL, Hengelo, The Netherlands

    Anne J. H. Vochteloo

  3. Department of Surgery-Traumatology, Erasmus MC, University Medical Centre Rotterdam, ‘s-Gravendijkwal 230, 3015, CE, Rotterdam, The Netherlands

    Wim E. Tuinebreijer

  4. Department of Internal Medicine, Section of Gerontology and Geriatrics, VU University Medical Centre, De Boelelaan 1117, 1007, MB, Amsterdam, The Netherlands

    Andrea B. Maier

  5. Department of Orthopedic Surgery Leiden University Medical Centre, Albinusdreef 2, 2333, ZA, Leiden, The Netherlands

    Rob G. H. H. Nelissen

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Moerman, S., Vochteloo, A.J.H., Tuinebreijer, W.E. et al. Factors associated with the course of health-related quality of life after a hip fracture. Arch Orthop Trauma Surg 136, 935–943 (2016). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00402-016-2474-0

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