ArticleJournal of orthopaedic surgery and research2020
Nutrition status and functional prognosis among elderly patients with distal radius fracture: a retrospective cohort study.
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- Association of Charlson Comorbidity Index and Charlson Fracture Index With Surgical Complications in Distal Radius Fractures: A Retrospective Review.Journal of hand surgery global online · 2026Article
- Association between prognostic nutritional index and 90-day mortality in septic patients: a retrospective cohort study.BMC nutrition · 2025Article
- Low Geriatric Nutritional Risk Index Predicts Early Complications following Distal Radius Fracture Open Reduction Internal Fixation.Journal of wrist surgery · 2025Article
- Efficacy of Postoperative Oral Nutritional Supplements in Geriatric Hip Fracture Patients Undergoing Total Hip Arthroplasty.Journal of clinical medicine · 2024Article
- The prognostic value of retinol binding protein in geriatric hip fractures after surgeries: A propensity score matching and 1-year follow-up study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2022Article
- Risk Factors of Frailty in Patients with Distal Radius Fractures.Geriatric orthopaedic surgery & rehabilitation · 2022Article
- Cutoff Value for a Nutritional Indicator Related to Gait Independence in Elderly Fracture Patients: A Preliminary Study.Physical therapy research · 2022Article
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Abstract
backgroundDistal radius fractures (DRF) are common in the elderly and are typically caused falls. Malnutrition has also been identified as a poor prognostic factor in elderly patients with fractures. However, the relationship between nutritional status and subsequent falls and functional prognosis for DRF in the elderly is not clear. The aim of the present study was to investigate the association between nutritional status and functional prognosis in elderly patients with DRF.
methodsStudy participants included 229 outpatients who required surgical treatment for DRF. The patients' clinical information, including age, sex, body mass index, bone mineral density, geriatric nnutritional risk index (GNRI), total number of drugs being treated with on admission, use of drugs for osteoporosis, comorbidity severity, the Barthel Index (BI), presence of subsequent falls, fracture type, postoperative follow-up period, and Mayo wrist score was reviewed. Subjects were further divided into two groups according to their GNRI: the malnutrition group and the normal group. Propensity score matching was used to confirm factors affecting the BI and subsequent falls.
resultsThirty-one patients (13.5%) presented with malnutrition before surgery for DRF. According to multiple liner regression analysis, the GNRI positively affected the efficiency of the BI (β = 0.392, 95% confidence interval [CI], 0.001 to 0.351, p = 0.039). Furthermore, on logistic regression analysis, subsequent falls were associated with serum albumin levels (odds ratio = 0.033, 95% CI, 0.002 to 0.477, p = 0.012).
conclusionMalnutrition impaired improvement of activities of daily living (ADL) and increased the incidence of subsequent falls. Improvement of nutritional status before DRF surgery may further improve ADL and prevent falls.
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