Association between pre‐hip fracture depression and days at home after fracture and assessing sex differences
Rhea Mehta,
Denise L. Orwig,
Chixiang Chen
et al.
Abstract:BackgroundHip fracture and depression are important public health issues among older adults, but how pre‐fracture depression impacts recovery after hip fracture is unknown, especially among males who often experience greater depression severity. Days at home (DAH), or the days spent outside a hospital or healthcare facility, is a novel, patient‐centered outcome that can capture meaningful aspects of fracture recovery. How pre‐fracture depression impacts DAH after fracture, and related sex differences, remains … Show more
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