ArticleDiscoveries (Craiova, Romania)
The Impact of Dementia on Patients with Hip Fracture.
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Abstract
Hip fractures are a serious global health concern with a substantial impact on senior patients' mobility, quality of life, and morbidity. Patients with psychiatric pathology may experience heightened levels of distress, making pain management more challenging. The presence of multiple comorbidities may complicate the therapeutic management of hip fractures. Treatment plans must be carefully tailored to accommodate each individual's unique medical history and current health status. We looked for improving pain evaluation and management in patients with dementia and choosing the best treatment according to age and comorbidities. This study highlights the mortality rate in surgically and non-surgically treated patients and possible correlations with other factors. We conducted a prospective study on 184 patients over 60 years old, with dementia and hip fractures, between 2018 and 2020 in Romania, within the Galati County Clinical Hospital. We applied the Charlson Comorbidity Index, ACE III test, EQ5D5L, and Harris test scores to assess the comorbidities, respectively, pain levels, mobilization in daily life activities, self-care and severity of dementia to exert the optimal treatment for patients with dementia and hip fracture. Our study pointed out that pain was frequently excruciating in non-operated patients compared to those who were operated. Most non-operated patients were immobilized in bed, they required careful and permanent care, while most of the operated patients experienced lower pain levels. While some risk factors of morbidity and mortality, such as comorbidities, severity of dementia, high age, and previous living situations are not preventable, delayed surgery, and general anesthesia risks may be prevented. Despite the treatment, mortality was high both at 6 months and 2 years, with increased survival rate in surgical treated patients. Our study addresses issues such as the importance of mental state evaluation in elderly patients in therapeutic decisions, the surgical intervention and the particularities in pre- and postoperative pain control in patients with dementia, topics that are insufficiently established in the current practical guidelines.
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