TY  - JOUR
PY  - 2017//
TI  - Fear of falling and cognitive impairments in elderly people with hip fractures
JO  - Dementia and geriatric cognitive disorders: Extra
A1  - Kasai, Mari
A1  - Meguro, Kenichi
A1  - Ozawa, Hiroshi
A1  - Kumai, Keiichi
A1  - Imaizumi, Hideki
A1  - Minegishi, Hanae
A1  - Oi, Hideki
A1  - Oizumi, Akira
A1  - Yamashiro, Masahiro
A1  - Matsuda, Michimasa
A1  - Tanaka, Masahiko
A1  - Itoi, Eiji
SP  - 386
EP  - 394
VL  - 7
IS  - 3
N2  - BACKGROUND/AIM: The purpose of this study was to investigate the estimated prevalence of dementia and the relationship between cognitive impairment and fear of falling in patients with hip fractures. <br><br>METHODS: Analysis 1 included 100 patients with hip fractures. Analysis 2 included a subgroup of subjects with ≥75 years of functional independence: 46 patients with hip fractures and 46 control subjects without hip fractures, and presence or absence of dementia. We used an informant-rated questionnaire including the AD8 for screening for dementia, the Barthel Index for assessing activities of daily living, and the Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International (FES-I) for assessing fear of falling. <br><br>RESULTS: The estimated prevalence of dementia was 66% in patients with hip fractures. There were significant fracture and dementia effects, with significant covariate effects of age and gender on the Short FES-I scores. <br><br>CONCLUSION: Our results suggested that more than two-thirds of patients with hip fractures had dementia. Fear of falling may reflect not only physical functions but also cognitive impairments.<p />  <p>Language: en</p>
LA  - en
SN  - 1664-5464
UR  - http://dx.doi.org/10.1159/000480497
ID  - ref1
ER  -