Frail older adults with minor fractures show lower health-related quality of life (SF-12) scores up to six months following emergency department discharge

BACKGROUND: Minor fractures (e.g. wrist, ankle) are risk factors for lower physical health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in seniors. Recent studies found that measures of frailty were associated with decreased physical and mental HRQoL in older people. As most people with minor fractures go to eme...

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Autores principales: Provencher, Véronique, Sirois, Marie-Josée, Émond, Marcel, Perry, Jeffrey J., Daoust, Raoul, Lee, Jacques S., Griffith, Lauren E., Batomen Kuimi, Brice Lionel, Despeignes, Litz Rony, Wilding, Laura, Allain-Boulé, Nadine, Lebon, Johan
Formato: Online Artículo Texto
Lenguaje:English
Publicado: BioMed Central 2016
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Research
Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-016-0441-7

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https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4782387/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/26956158
http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/s12955-016-0441-7

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