Four-month outcome after proximal femur fractures and influence of early geriatric rehabilitation : data from the German Centres of Geriatric Trauma DGU

This study analyzed the outcome of orthogeriatric patients with hip fracture 4 months after surgery. The overall mortality rate was 12.2%. Sixty-five percent presented a degradation in walking ability, and 16% had to move to a nursing home. Early geriatric rehabilitation reduces the mortality rate and increases the rate of anti-osteoporotic treatment.

PURPOSE: Hip fractures are increasingly common with severe consequences. Therefore, the German Trauma Society (DGU) implemented an orthogeriatric co-management and developed the concept for certified Centre for Geriatric Trauma DGU. The patients' treatment data and the optional 120 days of follow-up were collected in the Registry for Geriatric Trauma DGU (ATR-DGU). This study analyzed these 4-month treatment results.

METHODS: A retrospective analysis of the ATR-DGU was conducted. Outcome parameters were the rate of readmission, rate of re-surgery, anti-osteoporotic therapy, housing, mortality, walking ability, and quality of life (QoL) 120 days post-surgery. The influence of the early geriatric rehabilitation (EGR) was evaluated using a regression analysis.

RESULTS: The follow-up data from 9780 patients were included. After 120 days, the mortality rate was 12.2%, the readmission rate 4%, and the re-surgery rate 3%. The anti-osteoporotic treatment increased from 20% at admission to 32%; 65% of the patients had a degradation in walking ability, and 16% of the patients who lived in their domestic environment pre-surgery had to move to a nursing home. QoL was distinctly reduced. The EGR showed a positive influence of anti-osteoporotic treatment (p<0.001) and mortality (p=0.011) but led to a slight reduction in QoL (p=0.026).

CONCLUSION: The 4-month treatment results of the ATR-DGU are comparable to international studies. The EGR led to a significant rise in anti-osteoporotic treatment and a reduction in mortality with a slight reduction in QoL.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2021

Erschienen:

2021

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:16

Enthalten in:

Archives of osteoporosis - 16(2021), 1 vom: 12. Apr., Seite 68

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Schoeneberg, Carsten [VerfasserIn]
Pass, Bastian [VerfasserIn]
Volland, Ruth [VerfasserIn]
Knobe, Matthias [VerfasserIn]
Eschbach, Daphne [VerfasserIn]
Ketter, Vanessa [VerfasserIn]
Lendemans, Sven [VerfasserIn]
Aigner, Rene [VerfasserIn]
Registry for Geriatric Trauma DGU [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Hip fracture
Journal Article
Mortality
Orthogeriatric co-management
Proximal femur fracture
Quality of life

Anmerkungen:

Date Completed 21.04.2021

Date Revised 13.01.2022

published: Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1007/s11657-021-00930-9

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM324018711