Understanding if sustaining a hip fracture can lead to cognitive decline could help clinicians guide prevention and rehabilitation efforts.
Older adults who fracture their hip are more likely to experience dementia than their peers who never experienced the same break, according to preliminary research presented the at the 2024
After analyzing both adjusted and unadjusted values,"those who had a hip fracture had a more than double likelihood of developing possible or probable dementia compared to the control group," said Priya Singh, a second-year medical student at the Ichan School of Medicine at Mount Sinai Health in New York.Participants were tracked through 2019 and included in the hip fracture group if they self-reported the injury during the previous year .
The analysis showed that sustaining a hip fracture increased the likelihood of transitioning from normal cognitive function to possible or probable dementia. Approximately 7.1% of participants in the hip fracture group had possible dementia compared with 1.4% in the control group. Probable dementia was found in 7.8% of participants in the hip fracture cohort and 4.4% of participants in the control group.
Researchers said that while the results were statistically significant, they cannot rule out cognitive decline not detected before a fracture was sustained.Skill Checkup: A 70-Year-Old Woman With History of Depression and Mild Cognitive Impairment Presents With Memory LapsesAll material on this website is protected by copyright, Copyright © 1994-2024 by WebMD LLC. This website also contains material copyrighted by 3rd parties.
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