Table 1 Pre-surgery characteristics of patients surgically treated for non-pathological hip fractures
Early sitting after surgery | |||
|---|---|---|---|
No | Yes | ||
n = 198 | n = 123 | ||
Age (years), median (IQR) | 86.50 (83.00; 90.0) | 85.00 (81.00; 88.00) | |
Gender, n (%) | Male | 44 (22.20) | 35 (28.50) |
Female | 154 (77.80) | 88 (71.50) | |
Type of fracture, n (%) | Intracapsular, non-displaced | 12 (6.06) | 11 (8.94) |
Intracapsular, displaced | 55 (27.80) | 38 (30.90) | |
Trochanteric | 113 (57.10) | 67 (54.50) | |
Subtrochanteric | 18 (9.09) | 6 (4.88) | |
Other | 0 (0.0) | 1 (0.81) | |
Pathologic, n (%) | No | 196 (98.99) | 122 (99.19) |
Atypical | 1 (0.51) | 0 (0.0) | |
Unknown | 1 (0.51) | 1 (0.81) | |
Type of surgery n (%) | Canulated screws | 3 (1.52) | 4 (3.25) |
Sliding hip screw | 2 (1.01) | 2 (1.63) | |
Intramedullary nail | 133 (67.2) | 74 (60.2) | |
Hemiarthroplasty | 42 (21.2) | 23 (18.7) | |
Total hip prosthesis | 18 (9.09) | 20 (16.3) | |
Time to surgery (hours), median (IQR) | 35.30 (16.60, 70.80) | 47.90 (22.00, 77.10) | |
Mobility, RNFC scale (score), n (%) | Independent indoors and outdoors, no technical aids (1) | 47 (23.70) | 47 (38.20) |
Independent indoors and outdoors, with one technical aid (2) | 29 (14.60) | 26 (21.10) | |
Independent indoors and outdoors, with two technical aids or walker (3) | 19 (9.60) | 12 (9.76) | |
Independent only indoors, unsupervised (4) | 18 (9.09) | 7 (5.69) | |
Independent only indoors, with one technical aid (5) | 9 (4.55) | 6 (4.88) | |
Independent only indoors, with two technical aids or walker (6) | 47 (23.70) | 18 (14.60) | |
Independent only indoors, with supervision (7) | 3 (1.52) | 1 (0.81) | |
Only indoors, with small assistance from another person (8) | 5 (2.53) | 0 (0.0) | |
Only indoors, with significant assistance from another person (9) | 8 (4.04) | 1 (0.81) | |
Assisted by two persons or no mobility (10) | 13 (6.57) | 5 (4.07) | |
Cognitive capacity (Pfeiffer), median (IQR) | 4.00 (0.0, 9.00) | 2.00 (0.0, 5.00) | |
General health (ASA), n (%) | I | 1 (0.51) | 0 (0.0) |
II | 73 (36.90) | 52 (42.30) | |
III | 122 (61.6) | 66 (53.70) | |
IV | 2 (1.01) | 5 (4.07) | |
Housing, n (%) | Home | 140 (70.7) | 97 (78.9) |
Nursing/residential care | 57 (28.8) | 26 (21.1) | |
Intensive Care admission | 1 (0.51) | 0 (0.0) | |
Hospital (short term) | 140 (70.7) | 97 (78.9) | |