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Psychiatric illness and mortality after hip fracture

Nightingale, S; Holmes, J; Mason, JM; House, A

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Authors

S Nightingale

J Holmes

JM Mason

A House



Abstract

People with dementia or delirium have increased mortality in the 6 months after hip fracture, but depression might take longer to have an effect. We assessed the psychiatric status of 731 participants with hip fracture and analysed the effect of psychiatric illness on mortality during the next 2 years. We found that dementia, delirium, and depression all increased the risk of mortality (p<0·0001, p<0·0001, and p=0·0359, respectively), and that mortality differed significantly between hospitals (p=0·0003). We suggest that psychiatric interventions should be asssessed in hip-fracture patients with adequate follow up of outcome measures.

Citation

Nightingale, S., Holmes, J., Mason, J., & House, A. (2001). Psychiatric illness and mortality after hip fracture. The Lancet, 357(9264), 1264-1265. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2800%2904421-4

Journal Article Type Article
Publication Date Apr 21, 2001
Deposit Date Feb 19, 2009
Publicly Available Date Mar 29, 2024
Journal The Lancet
Print ISSN 0140-6736
Publisher Elsevier
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 357
Issue 9264
Pages 1264-1265
DOI https://doi.org/10.1016/s0140-6736%2800%2904421-4

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NOTICE: this is the author’s version of a work that was accepted for publication in The Lancet. Changes resulting from the publishing process, such as peer review, editing, corrections, structural formatting, and other quality control mechanisms may not be reflected in this document. Changes may have been made to this work since it was submitted for publication. A definitive version was subsequently published in The Lancet, 357, 21 April 2001, 10.1016/S0140-6736(00)04421-4




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