Psychiatric illness and mortality after hip fracture

People with dementia or delirium have increased mortality in the 6 months after hip fracture, but depression might take longer to have an effect. We assessed the psychiatric status of 731 participants with hip fracture and analysed the effect of psychiatric illness on mortality during the next 2 yea...

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Published in:The Lancet (British edition) 2001-04, Vol.357 (9264), p.1264-1265
Main Authors: Nightingale, Sharon, Holmes, John, Mason, James, House, Allan
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Aged
Biological and medical sciences
Dementia disorders
Female
Fractures
Hip Fractures - complications
Hip joint
Hospitals
Humans
Injuries of the limb. Injuries of the spine
Male
Medical sciences
Mental depression
Mental disorders
Mental Disorders - diagnosis
Mental Disorders - etiology
Mortality
Mortality risk
Observational studies
Older people
Psychiatry
Risk Factors
Survival Analysis
Traumas. Diseases due to physical agents
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Summary:People with dementia or delirium have increased mortality in the 6 months after hip fracture, but depression might take longer to have an effect. We assessed the psychiatric status of 731 participants with hip fracture and analysed the effect of psychiatric illness on mortality during the next 2 years. We found that dementia, delirium, and depression all increased the risk of mortality (p
ISSN:0140-6736
1474-547X
DOI:10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04421-4