Characteristics of fallers who later sustain a hip fracture: a NOREPOS study.

Anne-Johanne Søgaard Ruth Aga Kristin Holvik Haakon E Meyer

Published in: Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA (2022)

Our study indicates that self-assessment of health, information about activities outside home, and drug use among fallers far better identify high risk of hip fracture in older people than information about falls alone.

Keyphrases

hip fracture
health information
social media
emergency department
electronic health record