Hip fracture and accident disposition.
The accident disposition as reflected by previous trauma episodes was studied in 242 consecutive hip fracture patients. Trauma episodes had been almost twice as common in hip fracture patients as in a control group. Also, previous fractures were more common.
D000057:Accident Proneness; D000368:Aged; D005260:Female; D005265:Femoral Neck Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology*; D050723:Fractures, Bone / Q000150:complications; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000150:complications / Q000453:epidemiology* / Q000523:psychology; D006801:Humans; D008297:Male; D012189:Retrospective Studies; D012494:Sampling Studies; D013548:Sweden