Table 2.
Clinical status, patient-reported outcomes, and supervised outcomes of the study sample stratified by phases
| Domain | Variable | All N = 564 |
Acute N = 117 |
Post-acute N = 126 |
Extended recovery N = 214 |
Long-term recovery N = 107 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinical Domain | Fracture type, n (%) | |||||
| Femoral neck fracture | 388 (68.8) | 98 (83.8) | 76 (60.3) | 139 (65.0) | 75 (70.1) | |
| Trochanteric fracture | 176 (31.2) | 19 (16.2) | 50 (39.7) | 75 (35.2) | 32 (29.9) | |
| Days since surgery, median (P25-P75) | 61.3 (21.8–144.3) | 4.6 (3.4–5.4) | 28.4 (23.4–35.4) | 96.9 (64.9–129.1) | 298.3 (211.4–348.4) | |
| Use of walking aids, n (%) | ||||||
| Indoors | 269 (59.9)* | n.a** | 114 (90.5) | 120 (56.1) | 35 (32.7) | |
| Outdoors | 328 (73.1)* | n.a** | 118 (93.7) | 152 (71.0) | 58 (54.2) | |
| Patient-reported outcomes | LLFDI function, mean (SD) | 51.8 (12.6)* | n.a** | 45.4 (10.4) | 52.8 (12.4) | 57.4 (12.3) |
| LSA [0–120], median (P25–P75) | 38 (18.0-64.0) | n.a*** | 18.0 (8.0– 30.0) | 43.5 (24.4– 64.1) | 59.0 (32.5–81.5) | |
| sFES-I [7–28], mean (SD) | 11.1 (4.5) | 11.6 (5.2) | 12.0 (4.4) | 10.8 (4.3) | 10.1 (4.1) | |
| Pain while walking [0–100], median (P25-P75) | 25.0 (7.0–50.0) | 50.0 (28.5– 70.0) | 22.5 (8.0–50.0) | 20.0 (3.0–44.8) | 14.5 (1.0– 35.3) | |
| EQ-5D VAS [0–100], mean (SD) | 62.5 (20.3) | 52.2 (21.1) | 60.5 (17.0) | 65.1 (18.9) | 70.6 (20.8) | |
| FACIT-F [0–52], mean (SD) | 37.3 (10.4) | 34.8 (10.0) | 35.2 (11.2) | 38.8 (10.0) | 39.6 (9.9) | |
| Physical capacity and cognitive screening | SPPB total score [0-12], mean (SD) | 6.1 (3.2) | 3.3 (2.0) | 5.3 (2.6) | 7.3 (2.9) | 7.8 (3.3) |
| 4-meter gait speed, m/s, mean (SD) | 0.68 (0.39) | 0.35 (0.20) | 0.61 (0.23) | 0.79 (0.35) | 0.91 (0.40) | |
| 5CRT, s, mean (SD) | 16.7 (6.5) | n.a*** | 17.3 (6.5)a | 17.4 (7.1)b | 15.1 (4.9)c | |
| TUG, s, mean (SD) | 20.0 (12.8) | n.a*** | 26.2 (16.1)d | 18.1 (10.3)e | 17.0 (10.8)f | |
| 6MinWT, meters, mean (SD) | 284 (129) | n.a*** | 221 (105)g | 299 (127)h | 320 (131)i | |
| sMMSE (0–6), mean (SD) | 5.2 (1.1) | 5.2 (1.1) | 5.0 (1.1) | 5.3 (1.0) | 5.2 (1.1) |
Number of completed tests in 5CRT, TUG, 6MinWT
a n = 28
b n = 143
c n = 103
d n = 116
e n = 208
f n = 106
g n = 112
h n = 208
i n = 106.
*n = 449, exclusion of acute participants; **n.a. = not applicable, only pre-fracture status available; ***n.a. = not applicable, not performed in acute participants
P25: 35th percentile; P75: 75th percentile; SD: standard deviation; LLFDI: late-life function disability instrument; LSA: life-space assessment; sFES-I: Short Falls Efficacy Scale-International; EQ-5D VAS: EuroQoL visual analog scale; FACIT-F: Functional Assessment of Chronic Illness Therapy-Fatigue Scale; SPPB: Short Physical Performance Battery; CRT: chair rise test; TUG: time up and go; 6MinWT: 6-min walk test; sMMSE: Mini-Mental State Examination