@article{ref1,
title="Characteristics of fall-related hip fractures in community-dwelling elderly patients according to cognitive status",
journal="Aging clinical and experimental research",
year="2008",
author="Formiga, Francesc and López-Soto, Alfonso and Duaso, Enric and Ruiz, Domingo and Chivite, David and Pérez-Castejón, Juan Manuel and Navarro, M. and Pujol, Ramon",
volume="20",
number="5",
pages="434-438",
abstract="BACKGROUND AND AIMS: Falls are a major cause of morbidity and mortality in older people who have cognitive impairment. The present study compared the characteristics of community-dwelling patients, with and without previous diagnosis of dementia, hospitalized because of a hip fracture. METHODS: 1024 consecutive patients&gt;65 years (77.2% women, mean age 82.9 yrs) admitted for fall-related hip fracture to six Spanish hospitals during a 20-month period were included. Sociodemographic data, geriatric assessment and characteristics (location, time and possible cause: intrinsic, extrinsic or combined risk factor) of falls leading to hip fracture were evaluated. RESULTS: A total of 154 (15%) patients had a previous diagnosis of dementia. Analysis showed a greater number of previous falls before admission for hip fracture in demented patients. Moreover, in non-demented patients, we found both a predominance of falls during the day and of extrinsic factors. CONCLUSION: Some differences were observed, according to the cognitive status of elderly patients suffering a hip fracture due to a fall. A high percentage of dementia patients had suffered repeated falls prior to the fall-related hip fracture.   <p></p>  <p>Language: en</p>",
language="en",
issn="1594-0667",
doi="",
url="http://dx.doi.org/"
}