October 12, 2009Journal of Advanced NursingOpen Access

Older people with hip fracture: depression in the postoperative first year

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Population

147 older people with hip fracture

Design

Cohort

Follow-up

12 months

Authors

YSYea‐Ing Lotus ShyuChang Gung University of Science and Technology HCHuey‐Shinn ChengLinkou Chang Gung Memorial Hospital HTHuei‐Chin TengMackay Junior College of Medicine, Nursing and Management

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Implication

Depressive symptoms may decline over 6 months after hip fracture yet persist with low support; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in observational data.

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Population

147 older people with hip fracture

Outcome

Changes in risk of depressive symptoms and their predictors during the first year following hospital discharge, assessed using the Chinese version of the Geriatric Depression Scalepatient reported

A significant proportion of older patients with hip fracture experience depressive symptoms, which decrease over the first 6 months post-discharge, highlighting the need for early psychological interventions, especially for those with low social support.

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Shyu et al. (2009) studied this question.

synapsesocial.com/papers/6a716e658031ec7bb1dcf78f https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1365-2648.2009.05125.x

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Implication

Depressive symptoms may decline over 6 months after hip fracture yet persist with low support; hypothesis-generating for targeted interventions in observational data.

Older people with hip fracture: depression in the postoperative first year

Discussion

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Implication

Structured PICO

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Older people with hip fracture: depression in the postoperative first year

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Implication

Structured PICO

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