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| Psychiatric illness in hip fracture | | Author(s) | John D Holmes, Allan O House |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 29, no 6, November 2000 |
| Pages | pp 537-546 |
| Keywords | Fractures ; Mental disorder ; Literature reviews. |
| Annotation | The literature on the prevalence and effect on outcome of psychiatric illness in older people with hip fracture is reviewed, with 19 studies meeting criteria. Rates of psychiatric illness varied, with depression in 9-47%, delirium in 43-61%, and unspecified cognitive impairment in 31-88%. Four studies met criteria for an outcome study. Psychiatric illness resulted in increased mortality and dependence, and decreased activities of daily living (ADL) skills. No individual study examined the prevalence and effect on outcome of depression, delirium and dementia separately. Further research is required to examine the effect on outcome of psychiatric illness, and the effect of psychiatric interventions in this setting. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-010126207 A |
| Classmark | CUF: E: 64A |
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