1. Caregivers' misperception of the severity of hip fractures.
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Elli, Sara, Contro, Diego, Castaldi, Silvana, Fornili, Marco, Ardoino, Ilaria, Caserta, Antonello V, and Panella, Lorenzo
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HIP fractures ,CAREGIVERS ,HIP surgery ,MEDICAL communication ,PATIENT autonomy - Abstract
Purpose: The aim of our study was to evaluate how the caregiver of a hip fracture patient perceives the patient's health status and autonomy in the period immediately preceding the acute event and whether these judgments are actually in line with the prognosis predicted by the medical team caring for the patient in the rehabilitation structure.Patients and methods: We enrolled 147 patients of both sexes, aged ≥65 years, who were referred to our center following surgical treatment of hip fractures of various nature. At the beginning of the rehabilitation program, each patient's caregiver was asked to complete the Blaylock Risk Assessment Screening Score (BRASS) questionnaire. The same questionnaire was compiled contemporaneously by the doctor taking care of the patient.Results: Analysis of the data shows that the caregivers tend to assign lower scores than the doctor, with a mean difference in agreement with the Bland–Altman plot of -2.43, 95% CI=-2.93 to -1.93, t-test P [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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