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| A mental-functional risk score for prediction of hip fracture | | Author(s) | Jonas Ranstam, Lars Elffors, John A Kanis |
| Journal title | Age and Ageing, vol 25, no 6, November 1996 |
| Pages | pp 439-442 |
| Keywords | Fractures ; Musculoskeletal diseases ; Mental health [elderly] ; At risk ; Mental disorder ; Measurement ; Testing ; Questionnaires. |
| Annotation | The authors examined the apparent value of questions of functional status and mental score in determining the risk of hip fracture from information derived from MEDOS (the Mediterranean Osteoporosis Study). Four out of nine of the questions used were statistically significant and independently related to the risk of hip fracture. Mental scores were determined by knowledge of such things as name, age, address, and day of the week; and functional capacity, the ability to wash, dress, walk and eat. The risk factor score accounted only partially for the increase in risk associated with dementia, cardiovascular accidents and parkinsonism. |
| Accession Number | CPA-970326014 A |
| Classmark | CUF: CL: D: CA3: E: 3R: 3T: 3DA |
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