Table 1 Characteristics of study cohort by pre-fracture residential status
Community patients (N = 1844) | RAC patients (N = 708) | All patients (N = 2552) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
N | % | N | % | N | % | |
Females | 1148 | 62.3 | 444 | 62.7 | 1592 | 62.4 |
Age group | ||||||
<80 | 138 | 7.5 | 20 | 2.8 | 158 | 6.2 |
80-84 | 465 | 25.2 | 141 | 19.9 | 606 | 23.7 |
85-89 | 832 | 45.1 | 282 | 39.8 | 1114 | 43.7 |
90 + | 409 | 22.2 | 265 | 37.4 | 674 | 26.8 |
Fracture type | ||||||
Cervical | 712 | 38.6 | 269 | 38.0 | 981 | 38.4 |
Trochanteric | 781 | 42.4 | 300 | 42.4 | 1081 | 42.4 |
Subtrochanteric | 86 | 4.7 | 24 | 3.4 | 110 | 4.3 |
Other, unspecified | 265 | 14.4 | 115 | 16.2 | 380 | 14.9 |
Rehabilitation | 1050 | 56.9 | 122 | 17.2 | 1172 | 45.9 |
Surgical treatment | 1543 | 83.7 | 611 | 86.3 | 2154 | 84.2 |
Intensive care | 137 | 7.4 | 36 | 5.1 | 173 | 6.8 |
Comorbidities | ||||||
Dementia | 269 | 14.6 | 305 | 43.1 | 574 | 22.5 |
Renal failure | 253 | 13.7 | 96 | 13.6 | 349 | 13.7 |
Cardiac failure | 231 | 12.5 | 104 | 14.7 | 335 | 13.1 |
Cardiac ischaemia | 191 | 10.4 | 70 | 9.9 | 261 | 10.2 |
Diabetes | 178 | 9.7 | 69 | 9.7 | 247 | 9.7 |
Respiratory disease | 156 | 8.5 | 60 | 8.5 | 216 | 8.5 |
Stroke | 108 | 5.9 | 53 | 7.5 | 161 | 6.3 |
Malignancy | 131 | 7.1 | 30 | 4.2 | 161 | 6.3 |
Parkinson’s Disease | 48 | 2.6 | 26 | 3.7 | 74 | 2.9 |
Complications | ||||||
Urinary infection | 315 | 17.1 | 119 | 16.8 | 434 | 17.0 |
Skin ulceration | 268 | 14.5 | 99 | 14.0 | 367 | 14.4 |
Anaemia | 253 | 13.7 | 113 | 16.0 | 366 | 14.3 |
Chest infection | 167 | 9.1 | 87 | 12.3 | 254 | 10.0 |
Delirium | 166 | 9.0 | 80 | 11.3 | 246 | 9.6 |
Wound infection | 49 | 2.7 | 14 | 2.0 | 63 | 2.5 |
Separation | ||||||
Private dwelling | 1106 | 60.0 | 14 | 2.0 | 1120 | 44.7 |
RAC | 391 | 21.2 | 575 | 81.2 | 966 | 37.1 |
Hospital, other | 71 | 9.3 | 12 | 1.7 | 183 | 7.0 |
Death | 176 | 9.5 | 107 | 15.1 | 283 | 11.2 |