title: Role of mental disorders in nosocomial infections after hip fracture treatment.
abstract: The association between mental disorders (MDs) and iatrogenic complications after hip fracture surgery has been poorly studied. Among iatrogenic complications, nosocomial infections (NIs) are a major factor in hip fracture surgery. The aim of this paper was to determine whether patients with a MD and a hip fracture develop more NIs after hip surgery than patients with no MD. We studied 912 patients who underwent surgery for a hip fracture (223 patients with a MD who underwent surgery for a hip fracture and 689 control patients without a MD who also underwent surgery for a hip fracture) and followed them after surgery. Univariable and multivariable analyses were performed using simple and multiple logistic regression analysis (confidence interval, crude and adjusted odds ratios, and P value). We found that MDs, gender, and comorbidities were not associated with a higher risk of developing a NI after surgery for a hip fracture. Only age increases the risk of a NI.
authors.affiliation: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery and Traumatology, Hospital Costa del Sol, University of Malaga, Marbella, 29603 Málaga, Spain.
authors.forename: Enrique
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Guerado
authors.forename: Juan Ramon
authors.initials: JR
authors.lastname: Cano
authors.forename: Encarnacion
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Cruz
authors.forename: Nicolás
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Benitez-Parejo
authors.forename: Emilio
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Perea-Milla