A new mobility score for predicting mortality after hip fracture.
We assessed 882 patients presenting with a proximal femoral fracture by a new mobility score and by a mental test score, to determine which was of the most value in forecasting mortality at one year. Both scores gave a highly significant prediction, but the mobility score had a greater predictive value and is easier to perform.
Peterborough District Hospital, UK.
M J
MJ
Parker
C R
CR
Palmer
D000203:Activities of Daily Living; D006620:Hip Fractures / Q000401:mortality*; D006801:Humans; D007361:Intelligence Tests; D008432:Mathematical Computing; D011237:Predictive Value of Tests; D012680:Sensitivity and Specificity; D016019:Survival Analysis