title: EVALUATION OF THE MORTALITY RATE ONE YEAR AFTER HIP FRACTURE AND FACTORS RELATING TO DIMINISHED SURVIVAL AMONG ELDERLY PEOPLE.
abstract: OBJECTIVE
  To evaluate the mortality rate after one year and correlated preoperative factors, among patients with hip fractures.
  
  
  METHODS
  We prospectively studied 202 out of a total of 376 patients with a diagnosis of hip fracture who were admitted to the Hospital Cristo Redentor, between October 2007 and March 2009. The database with the epidemiological analysis was set up during their hospitalization, and follow-up data were obtained preferentially by phone.
  
  
  RESULTS
  The overall mortality rate after one year of follow-up was 28.7% or 58 deaths, among which 11 (5.45%) occurred during hospitalization. Fractures were more prevalent among women (71.3%) and rare among blacks (5%). Among the comorbidities, dementia and depression showed a statistically significant reduction in survival (p = 0.018 and 0.007, respectively).
  
  
  CONCLUSIONS
  The mortality rate after one year of follow-up was 28.7%. Dementia and depression increased this rate.
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Regina, Novo Hamburgo, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Guilherme
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Ricci
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist at Conceição Children's Hospital (HCC) (a unit of the Conceição Hospital Group), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Maurício Portal
authors.initials: MP
authors.lastname: Longaray
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Cristo Redentor (a unit of the Conceição Hospital Group), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ramiro Zilles
authors.initials: RZ
authors.lastname: Gonçalves
authors.affiliation: Orthopedist at the Orthopedics and Traumatology Service, Hospital Cristo Redentor (a unit of the Conceição Hospital Group), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Ary da Silva Ungaretti
authors.initials: Ada S
authors.lastname: Neto
authors.affiliation: General Clinician at Hospital Cristo Redentor (a unit of the Conceição Hospital Group), Porto Alegre, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Marislei
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Manente
authors.affiliation: Undergraduate Student in the 11 Semester of the Medical Course, Lutheran University of Brazil, Canoas, RS, Brazil.
authors.forename: Luíza Barbosa Horta
authors.initials: LB
authors.lastname: Barbosa
keywords: Aged; Hip Injuries; Mortality