"Epidemiological, Characteristics and Outcomes of Hip Fracture Among Patients in Baghdad"

Abstract

Hip fracture is one of main public health problems and it's occurred among elder people. This study aimed to assess the epidemiological, complication and outcomes of hip fracture among patients during the study period. A cross-sectional study was conducted at Al-WASITI Hospital for Plastic and Orthopedics surgery in Baghdad from 15th of January to the end of April 2021 .The sample size was 91 patients . The cases were selected randomly from the list of patients that admitted to outpatient's clinic of orthopedics that occurred during the study period. Characteristics and risk factors were all recorded. Continuous variables were illustrated by mean ± standard deviation; Chisquare test was used for comparison between groups. The mean ages were 72.4 with SD 10.2 years; twenty nine of them still in the age groups 70 to 79 years old. Male cases 51.7% were slightly more than 48.3% in female cases. Half of them were married. The mean of frequency to had hip fracture was 1.41 ± 0.66 times. Most of them 63.7%; 62.6% had history of smoking and osteoporosis disease, respectively. Thirty nine of patients had a sub capital fracture; thirty four of them had overweight BMI. Our results indicated that male patients had greater risks of hip fracture complications than female patients (odds ratio [OR] = 1.7; 95% CI 1.23-2.96). Patients with diabetes diseases were more likely to suffer from hip fracture complications than those without diabetes diseases (OR = 1.43; 95% CI 1.87-2.20). Patients with higher osteoporosis were more likely to suffer from hip fracture complications than patients with lower results (OR = 1.15; 95% CI 1.23-4.34). Partial hip replacement was the fundamental type of operation procedures. Tumble is a main cause of hip fractures. Pneumonia disease is one of the major complications as a result of hip fractures. Physical therapy can significantly improve the outcome of hip fracture among people. also occur as a result of light ; even no trauma when getting up,