Risk Factors and Complications Contributing to Mortality in Elderly Patients With Fall-Induced Femoral Fracture

Chang Gung Medical Foundation

Status: Completed

Conditions: Femoral Fractures

Treatments: Other: Death; Other: Survival

Study type: Observational

Funder types: Other

Identifiers

NCT03822000

CDRPG8H0011-2

Details and patient eligibility

About

This study aimed to identify the risk factors and complications associated with mortality in elderly patients with femoral fracture after a fall from the ground level.

Full description

This retrospective study reviewed data pertaining to elderly patients aged ≥ 65 years who were admitted into a Level I trauma center, between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2017. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent effects of univariate predictive variables on the occurrence of mortality.

Enrollment: 2,407 patients

Sex: All

Ages: 65 to 100 years old

Volunteers: No Healthy Volunteers

Inclusion criteria

• Patients with a fall from ≥1 m as well as those for whom incomplete data were available.

Exclusion criteria

• those patients with a fall from ≥1 m
• patients with incompleted data

Trial design

2,407 participants in 1 patient group

Elderly Patients with Femoral Fracture

Description:

Elderly patients with fall-induced femoral fracture. Patients were categorized into two groups: death (n = 42) and survival (n = 2,365).

Treatment:

Other: Death

Other: Survival