期刊
JOURNAL OF PAIN AND SYMPTOM MANAGEMENT
卷 52, 期 4, 页码 533-538出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE INC
DOI: 10.1016/j.jpainsymman.2016.07.003
关键词
Hip fracture; geriatric palliative care; multimorbidity
资金
- National Institute for Nursing Research [R01 NR013347]
- K07 Geriatric Academic Leadership Award from the National Institute on Aging [1K07AG31779-1A1]
- K23 Beeson award from the National Institute on Aging [1K23AG040772, 1K23AG040774]
- American Federation for Aging Research
Context. Most hip fracture care models are grounded in curative models where the goal is to return the patient to independent function. In many instances, however, hip fractures contribute to continued functional decline and mortality. Although the negative impact of hip fractures is appreciated once they have occurred, what is less understood is what proportion of older adults have high illness burden before experiencing hip fracture and might benefit from geriatric palliative care. Objectives. Using data from the Health and Retirement Study linked to Medicare claims (January 1992 through December 2010), we sought to understand the extent of premorbid illness burden before hip fracture. Methods. Characteristics were based on the interview before hip fracture. Features used to indicate need for geriatric palliative care included evidence of functional and medical vulnerability, pain, and depression. Results. Eight hundred fifty-six older adults who experienced a hip fracture were compared to 851 age-, gender-, and race-matched controls. Older adults with hip fractures had significantly more premorbid functional vulnerability (activities of daily living dependent 25.7% vs. 16.1% [P < 0.001]; dementia 16.2% vs. 7.3% (P < 0.001); use of helpers 41.2% vs. 28.7% [P < 0.001]). They also experienced more medical vulnerability (multimorbidity 43% vs. 29.8% [P < 0.001]; high health care utilization 30.0% vs. 20.9% [P < 0.001]; and poor prognosis 36.1% vs. 25.4% [P < 0.001] in controls). There was no difference in premorbid pain and depression between subsequent hip fracture patients and controls. Conclusions. A significant proportion of older adults have evidence of functional and medical vulnerability before hip fracture. For these individuals, integration of geriatric palliative care may be particularly important for optimizing quality of life and addressing the high morbidity experienced by this population. (C) 2016 American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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