NCT03822000

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

Risk Factors and Complications Contributing to Mortality in Elderly Patients With Fall-Induced Femoral Fracture: A Cross-sectional Analysis Based on Trauma Registered Data

• Status: Completed
• Phase: —
• Study type: Observational
• Enrollment: 2,407 (actual)
• Sponsor: Chang Gung Memorial Hospital · Academic / Other
• Sex: All
• Age: 65 Years – 100 Years
• Healthy volunteers: Not accepted

Summary

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.

Detailed 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.

Conditions

• Femoral Fractures

Interventions

Type	Name	Description
OTHER	Survival	Elderly patients with fall-induced femoral fracture who were survived.
OTHER	Death	Elderly patients with fall-induced femoral fracture who were dead.

Timeline

• Start date: 2019-01-11
• Primary completion: 2019-01-28
• Completion: 2019-01-28
• First posted: 2019-01-30
• Last updated: 2019-01-30

Locations

1 site across 1 country: Taiwan