ArticleAnnals of rehabilitation medicine2018
Correlation Between Walking Ability and Monthly Care Costs in Elderly Patients After Surgical Treatments for Hip Fractures.
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 2 syntheses or guidelines pooled it.
- Study on the predictive model of delirium risk after surgery for elderly hip fractures based on meta-analysis.European geriatric medicine · 2025Pooled it
- The effects of dementia on the prognosis and mortality of hip fracture surgery: a systematic review and meta-analysis.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2021Pooled it
- Mortality following hip fracture surgery in patients with dementia: a Swedish multiple national register study.European geriatric medicine · 2025Article
- Impact of dementia on post-hip fracture walking ability: a stratified analysis based on pre-fracture mobility in Swedish cohorts of older adults.BMC geriatrics · 2024Article
- Combined nutritional status and activities of daily living disability is associated with one-year mortality after hip fracture surgery for geriatric patients: a retrospective cohort study.Aging clinical and experimental research · 2024Article
- Prognostic factors for 1-year functional outcome, quality of life, care demands, and mortality after surgery in Taiwanese geriatric patients with a hip fracture: a prospective cohort study.Therapeutic advances in musculoskeletal disease · 2021Article
- Comprehensive nursing based on feedforward control and postoperative FMA and SF-36 levels in femoral intertrochanteric fracture.Journal of musculoskeletal & neuronal interactions · 2019Article
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Abstract
objectiveTo validate the relationship between residual walking ability and monthly care cost as well as long-term care insurance (LTCI) certification level in elderly patients after surgical treatment for hip fractures in Japan.
methodsElderly patients aged >75 years who underwent surgical treatment for hip fractures in our hospital were included. The preand post-surgical (6-month) walking ability and LTCI certification and the presence or absence of dementia was determined from medical records and questionnaires. Walking ability was classified into 6 levels used in our daily medical practice. Based on these data, we correlated the relationship between walking ability and the LTCI certification level. Further, based on the official statistics pertaining to the average monthly costs per person at each LTCI certification level, we evaluated the relationship between walking ability and monthly care cost.
resultsA total of 105 cases (mean age, 80.2 years; 16 men; 39 patients with dementia) were included. The correlation between walking ability and average monthly cost per person as well as LTCI certification level at 6 months postoperatively (r=0.58) was demonstrated. The correlation was found in both groups with and without dementia.
conclusionThe ability to walk reduced the cost of care in elderly patients who experienced hip fracture, regardless of the presence of dementia.
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