Gerontology & Geriatric Research

OVERALL QUALITY OF LIFE IN FRAIL ELDERLY WITH HIP FRACTURE

5^th International Conference on Geriatric Medicine & Gerontological Nursing

November 14-15, 2016 | Atlanta, USA

Merete Gregersen

Aarhus University Hospital, Denmark

Keynote: J Gerontol Geriat Res

Abstract:

Hip fracture substantially reduces quality of life (QoL) in older people. This reduction is highly correlated with physical ability measurements. Also, before the hip fracture institutionalized older patients are less mobile and more dependent on assistance in the activities of daily living (ADL) than those living in their own homes. Further, institutionalized patients generally suffer from some degree of cognitive impairment. The questionnaire �??Depression List�?� is validated as a qualified measure of Overall Quality of Life (OQoL) in nursing home residents with a Mini Mental State Examination score between 5 and 30 (from severe impairment to normal state). We have examined the reproducibility of the questionnaire and found that it is able to detect clinically relevant changes over time. Using the �??Depression List�?� questionnaire in institutionalized older patients 30 days after the hip fracture and one year later, we found that the OQoL was very low postoperatively, but improved with time. Likewise, we found that ADL recovery, measured by the Modified Barthel Index, improved within the period from 30 days to one year after hip fracture. We may conclude that progress in OQoL and ADL seems to be correlated.

Biography :

Merete Gregersen is master of health science and has completed her PhD in 2015 from Aarhus University, Denmark. She is a researcher at the Department of Geriatrics, Aarhus University Hospital and involved in many clinical areas in the department’s research unit e.g. orthogeriatrics, oncogeriatrics, and organizational improvements in the acute older medical patients. She has published 16 papers in scientific journals and has reviewed several journal submissions.

Email: meregreg@rm.dk