Half hip fracture patients are reportedly ‘worse’ than dead as based on health-related quality of life at the time of admission, with partial recovery at 1 and 4-months follow-up: the spare-hip prospective cohort
Prieto-Alhambra D., Vaquero-Cervino E., Torregrosa Suau O., Tejedor Carreño C., Teixidor Serra J., Sirera-Vercher J., Sierra Setién I., Salomó Doménech M., Sáez López P., Rodríguez Mañas L., Pérez-Coto I., Peregrín Nevado I., Osca Guadalajara M., Mills Gañan S., Martín Hernández C., Gutierrez Ganzarain AI., Ezquerra Herrando L., Evangelista Cabrera L., Etxebarria-Foronda I., Díez Rodríguez A., Carpintero P., Caeiro Rey C., Barrés Carsi M., Avilés Hernández A., Andrés- Cano I.
Objective: To estimate the impact of hip fracture on health-related quality of life (HRQoL) up to 4 months post-fracture.