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Orthopaedic Proceedings
Vol. 94-B, Issue SUPP_XXXVII | Pages 301 - 301
1 Sep 2012
Gómez-Galván M Román S Quirós I Quiles M
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Hip fractures are common in the elderly. These people often had a history of multiple falls, and previous fractures. Fear of falling (FOF) have being reported in the follow-up of hip fractures.

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To evaluate the FOF in patients just after hip fracture and before surgical treatment.

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Prospective study of patients admitted in our hospital with hip fracture (subcapital, trochanteric and subtrochanteric). All patients were evaluated using the FES-I score for FOF before surgical treatment. Clinical and social data, previous history of falls, and fractures were recorded. Exclusion criteria were a score below 8 on the Minimental test on admission and previous hip fracture. Stadistical analysis were peformed using ANOVA, chi square and contingency tables.