Health and social status in patients with hip fractures and controls.
Six hundred and nine patients with hip fractures in Malmö, Sweden, were compared with a sex- and age-matched control group (609). The comparison showed that patients with hip fractures were more often institutionalized, had more home aid, walking aids, poorer eyesight and were slender. Furthermore, the hip-fracture group more often showed signs of changes in mental status and concomitant illnesses.
D000368:Aged; D000369:Aged, 80 and over; D005260:Female; D006262:Health; D006304:Health Status; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000503:physiopathology*; D006801:Humans; D007326:Institutionalization; D008297:Male; D008603:Mental Health