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Prevention of hip fractures in the elderly: receptivity to protective garments
A H Myers1, J D Michelson, M Van Natta
1Laboratory of Behavioral Sciences, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Gerontology Research Center, 4940 Eastern Avenue, Baltimore, MD 21224, USA.
Abstract:
A case study was undertaken to determine perceptions about protective garments for the prevention of recurrent hip fractures. We studied 169 patients with hip fractures, over 50 years of age, who were admitted to four university-affiliated hospitals. Proxy respondents were interviewed for 36% (n = 61) of the patients. Significant differences were found in the two groups; therefore, only the analyses from 108 patients who were interviewed are reported. Seventy percent of the patients were willing to wear a padded garment prescribed by a doctor. Factors associated with a positive response were no previous hip fracture, and an intrinsic cause of the fracture (P
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