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| Hip fracture-related changes in health ratings of older patients with cognitive impairment | | Author(s) | M W Cree |
| Journal title | Aging & Mental Health, vol 8, no 6, November 2004 |
| Pages | pp 524-529 |
| Source | http://www.tandfonline.com |
| Keywords | Fractures ; Health [elderly] ; Mental disorder ; Canada. |
| Annotation | For many older people, a hip fracture often leads to declines in both health and health perception. Although health ratings often decrease from pre- to post-fracture, nothing is known about what influences cognitively impaired patients to assess their post-fracture health as they do. The authors have developed a causal model of health perception following a hip fracture. Having previously reported the causal model for older, high mental status hip fracture patients, they evaluate the same model with 145 low mental status patients in the Edmonton area of Canada. They found a substantial reorganisation of relative health and functional ratings, indicative of the highly disruptive impact of the hip fracture. Their findings suggest physical rehabilitation may aid in recovery from hip fracture. (RH). |
| Accession Number | CPA-041216210 A |
| Classmark | CUF: CC: E: 7S |
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