Risk Factors and Complications Contributing to Mortality in Elderly Patients With Fall-Induced Femoral Fracture

Risk Factors and Complications Contributing to Mortality in Elderly Patients With Fall-Induced Femoral Fracture: A Cross-sectional Analysis Based on Trauma Registered Data

Status

Completed

Phases

Unknown

Study type

Observational

Source

ClinicalTrials.gov

Registry ID

NCT03822000

Enrollment

2407

Registered

2019-01-30

Start date

2019-01-11

Completion date

2019-01-28

Last updated

2019-01-30

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Conditions

Femoral Fractures

Keywords

femur fracture, trauma, fall, elderly, mortality, respiratory complication

Brief summary

This study aimed to identify the risk factors and complications associated with mortality in elderly patients with femoral fracture after a fall from the ground level.

Detailed description

This retrospective study reviewed data pertaining to elderly patients aged ≥ 65 years who were admitted into a Level I trauma center, between January 1, 2009 and December 31, 2017. Multivariate logistic regression analysis was performed to identify independent effects of univariate predictive variables on the occurrence of mortality.

Interventions

OTHERSurvival

Elderly patients with fall-induced femoral fracture who were survived.

OTHERDeath

Elderly patients with fall-induced femoral fracture who were dead.

Study design

Observational model

CASE_CONTROL

Time perspective

RETROSPECTIVE

Eligibility

Sex/Gender

ALL

Age

65 Years to 100 Years

Healthy volunteers

Inclusion criteria

* Patients with a fall from ≥1 m as well as those for whom incomplete data were available.

Exclusion criteria

* those patients with a fall from ≥1 m * patients with incompleted data

Design outcomes

Primary

Measure	Time frame	Description
Mortality	up tp 2 months	Mortality was used as the primary outcome.

Countries

Taiwan

Outcome results

None listed

Source: ClinicalTrials.gov · Data processed: Feb 4, 2026