Certain factors may not correlate with depression in geriatric patients with hip fracture
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Results presented at the International Geriatric Fracture Society Virtual Annual Meeting showed no correlation between mobility, pain scores or discharge location and depression among geriatric patients with hip fracture.
“The impact of this study is if we can identify predictive factors maybe we can supply these geriatric patients with resources that could prevent the onset of depression and improve their recovery process and quality of life,” Kaylee Mathiason, MSc, a trauma services research coordinator at CoxHealth, said in her presentation.
Mathiason assessed for prevalence of and risk factors for depression in 71 geriatric patients with hip fractures in 2019.
In her presentation, Mathiason noted 30% of patients actively sought treatment for depression 3 months following hip fracture.
When looking at predictive factors associated with depression, Mathiason found no correlation between mobility and depression based on Activity Measure for Post-Acute Care score. She also noted no correlation between depression and pain scores or depression and discharge location. Finally, Mathiason said the correlation between familial presence and depression approached significance, with 43% of patients living alone either reporting depression or actively seeking treatment for depression 3 months following hip fracture.
“A large majority of those patients lacked a familial presence,” Mathiason said. “What I mean by this is they were not married, they had no children or even close friends documented in their charts.”
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Mathiason K. Prevalence of depression and predictive factors within geriatric hip fracture population. Presented at: International Geriatric Fracture Society Virtual Annual Meeting; Dec. 3 and 8, 2020.
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