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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
3
pubmed:dateCreated
2003-6-6
pubmed:abstractText
Untreated pain is a major health care issue and very little is known about the treatment of pain and the effect of pain on post-operative outcomes in older adults. This study was performed to identify the impact of pain on outcomes following hip fracture in older adults. Four hundred and eleven consecutive cognitively intact patients admitted with hip fracture to four New York hospitals were enrolled in a prospective cohort study. Patients were interviewed daily using standardized pain assessments. We used multiple logistic regression and ordinary least squares linear regression to examine the association of post-operative pain on immediate post-operative outcomes (duration of stay, physical therapy sessions missed or shortened, ambulation following surgery, and post-operative complications) and outcomes 6 months following fracture (locomotion, mortality, return to the community, residual pain). Patients with higher pain scores at rest had significantly longer hospital lengths of stay (P=0.03), were significantly more likely to have physical therapy sessions missed or shortened (P=0.002), were significantly less likely to be ambulating by post-operative day 3 (P<0.001), took significantly longer to ambulate past a bedside chair (P=0.01), and had significantly lower locomotion scores at 6 months (P=0.02). Pain at rest was not significantly associated with post-operative complications, nursing home placement, survival at 6 months, or residual pain at 6 months. Post-operative pain is associated with increased hospital length of stay, delayed ambulation, and long-term functional impairment. Whereas appropriate caution is warranted in administering opioid analgesics to older adults, these data suggest that improved pain control may decrease length of stay, enhance functional recovery, and improve long-term functional outcomes.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jun
pubmed:issn
0304-3959
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
103
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
303-11
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Aged, 80 and over, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Female, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Geriatric Assessment, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Hip Fractures, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Humans, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Length of Stay, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Locomotion, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Logistic Models, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Male, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Middle Aged, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Mortality, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-New York City, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Odds Ratio, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Outcome Assessment (Health Care), pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Pain, Postoperative, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Pain Measurement, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Physical Therapy Specialty, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Predictive Value of Tests, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Retrospective Studies, pubmed-meshheading:12791436-Time Factors
pubmed:year
2003
pubmed:articleTitle
The impact of post-operative pain on outcomes following hip fracture.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Geriatrics and Adult Development, Box 1070, Mount Sinai School of Medicine, One Gustave L. Levy Place, New York, NY 10029, USA. sean.morrison@mssm.edu
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Comparative Study, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.