• Amer N Al-Ani, Lena Flodin, Anita Söderqvist, Paul Ackermann, Eva Samnegård, Nils Dalén, Maria Sääf, Tommy Cederholm, and Margareta Hedström.
• Institute of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Department of Orthopaedics, Karolinska University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden. amer.al-ani@karolinska.se
• Arch Phys Med Rehabil. 2010 Jan 1;91(1):51-7.

UnlabelledAl-Ani AN, Flodin L, Söderqvist A, Ackermann P, Samnegård E, Dalén N, Sääf M, Cederholm T, Hedström M. Does rehabilitation matter in patients with femoral neck fracture and cognitive impairment? A prospective study of 246 patients.ObjectiveTo identify factors associated with preserved walking ability and Katz activities of daily living (ADLs) index at 4-month and 12-month follow-up in cognitively impaired patients with femoral neck fracture.DesignPopulation-based cohort study.SettingA multicenter study of the Stockholm Hip Fracture Group including 4 university hospitals.ParticipantsConsecutive patients (N=246) with femoral neck fracture, older than 65 years (mean, 84y; 72% women) with cognitive impairment (known dementia or low [0-2 points] score) in Short Portable Mental Status Questionnaire [0-10 points]) and able to walk before the fracture.InterventionsNot applicable.Main Outcome MeasureWalking ability and ADLs index at 4-month and 12-month follow-up.ResultsSignificant predictors of preserved walking ability at 12-month follow-up were discharge to rehabilitation unit (odds ratio [OR]=2.83; confidence interval [CI], 1.1-7.26; P=.03) and walking ability before the fracture (OR=8.98; CI, 3.52-22.93; P<.001), while type of surgery was not (P=.197). Analyses were adjusted for age, sex, American Society of Anesthesiologists score, fracture type, and surgical method. Corresponding predictors of preserved Katz ADLs index at 12-month follow-up, after adjustment for age and sex, were discharge to rehabilitation unit (OR=5.33; CI, 1.44-19.65; P=.012) and ADLs index before fracture (OR=2.51; CI, 1.8-3.5; P<.001), while type of surgery was not (P=.376).ConclusionsDischarge to rehabilitation unit, a factor we can influence, was associated with preserved walking ability and ADLs index in cognitively impaired patients with hip fracture.Copyright (c) 2010 American Congress of Rehabilitation Medicine. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

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