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ArticleBMC musculoskeletal disorders2020

Development and validation of the fracture risk scale home care (FRS-HC) that predicts one-year incident fracture: an electronic record-linked longitudinal cohort study.

Caitlin McArthur, George Ioannidis, Micaela Jantzi, Jonathon D Adachi, Lora Giangregorio, John Hirdes, Alexandra Papaioannou

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Caitlin McArthurMcMaster University, 1200 Main Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada. cmcarthu@uwaterloo.ca.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-9985-2796
George IoannidisMcMaster University, 1200 Main Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Micaela JantziUniversity of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Jonathon D AdachiMcMaster University, 1200 Main Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada.
Lora GiangregorioUniversity of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
John HirdesUniversity of Waterloo, 200 University Avenue West, Waterloo, Ontario, N2L 3G1, Canada.
Alexandra PapaioannouMcMaster University, 1200 Main Street, Hamilton, Ontario, L8S 4L8, Canada.

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Abstract

backgroundFractures have dire consequences including pain, immobility, and death. People receiving home care are at higher risk for fractures than the general population. Yet, current fracture risk assessment tools require additional testing and assume a 10-year survival rate, when many die within one year. Our objectives were to develop and validate a scale that predicts one-year incident hip fracture using the home care resident assessment instrument (RAI-HC).

methodsThis is a retrospective cohort study of linked population data. People receiving home care in Ontario, Canada between April 1st, 2011 and March 31st, 2015 were included. Clinical data were obtained from the RAI-HC which was linked to the Discharge Abstract Database and National Ambulatory Care Reporting System to capture one-year incident hip fractures. Seventy-five percent (n = 238,011) of the sample were randomly assigned to a derivation and 25% (n = 79,610) to a validation sample. A decision tree was created with the derivation sample using known fracture risk factors. The final nodes of the decision tree were collapsed into 8 risk levels and logistic regression was performed to determine odds of having a fracture for each level. c-Statistics were calculated to compare the discriminative properties of the full, derivation, and validation samples.

resultsApproximately 60% of the sample were women and 53% were 80 years and older. A total of 11,526 (3.6%) fractures were captured over the 1-year time period. Of these, 5057 (43.9%) were hip fractures. The proportion who experienced a hip fracture in the next year ranged from 0.3% in the lowest risk level to 5.2% in the highest risk level. People in the highest risk level had 18.8 times higher odds (95% confidence interval, 14.6 to 24.3) of experiencing a hip fracture within one year than those in the lowest. c-Statistics were similar for the full (0.658), derivation (0.662), and validation (0.645) samples.

conclusionsThe FRS-HC predicts hip fracture over one year and should be used to guide clinical care planning for home care recipients at high risk for fracture. Our next steps are to develop a fracture risk clinical assessment protocol to link treatment recommendations with identified fracture risk.

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Hip FracturesHome Care ServicesCohort StudiesElectronicsFemaleHumansLongitudinal StudiesMaleOntarioRetrospective StudiesRisk AssessmentRisk FactorsCohortFracturesHome careinterRAIosteoporosis, older adults

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PMCPMC7388464

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