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Eliyahu Hayim Mizrahi1, Emilia Lubart, Abraham Adunsky
1From the Department of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation, Shmuel - Harofeh Medical Center, Beer Yaakov (EHM, EL); Department of Geriatric Medicine and Rehabilitation, Sheba Medical Center, Tel-Hashomer (AA); and Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Tel Aviv (EHM, EL, AA), Israel.
Objective:
The aim of the study was to examine whether a diagnosis of prefracture dementia (PFD) affects functional outcome at discharge from a geriatric rehabilitation setting.
Design:
A total of 211 consecutive elderly hip fracture patients were evaluated retrospectively. We used the Functional Independence Measure (FIM) and analyzed data by t test, χ(2) test, and multiple linear regression analysis.
Results:
Patients with PFD were older (P = 0.001), presented with lower Mini-Mental State Examination scores (P < 0.001) and lower prefracture function (P < 0.001). Total-FIM and motor-FIM scores at admission and discharge, as well as FIM gain scores at discharge, were lower among patients with PFD, compared with nonprefracture dementia (NPFD) patients (P < 0.001). The FIM daily gains (efficiency) (P < 0.001) and Montebello relative functional scores (P < 0.001) were also lower in PFD, compared with patients with NPFD. However, linear regression analysis showed that PFD did not predict total, motor, or FIM gain at discharge (β = -0.11, P = 0.115; β = -0.06, P = 0.412; β = -0.099, P = 0.329, respectively). Upon discharge, patients with PFD achieved lower FIM scores yet maintained similar motor-FIM gains compared with patients with NPFD.
Conclusions:
Our study results supports the inclusion of patients with PFD in postfracture rehabilitation programs.
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