Abstract
To determine the impact of cognitive function on physical activity (PA), physical function and health-related quality of life (HRQoL) in older adults within the first year after hip fracture (HF) surgery. We included 397 home-dwelling individuals aged 70years or older with the ability to walk 10m before the fracture. Cognitive function was measured at 1month and other outcomes were assessed at 1, 4 and 12months postoperatively. Mini-Mental State Examination was used to assess cognitive function, accelerometer-based body-worn sensors to register PA, Short Physical Performance Battery to test physical function and EuroQol-5-dimension-3-level to estimate the HRQoL. Data were analysed by linear mixed-effects models with interactions and ordinal logistic regression models. Cognitive function, adjusted for the pre-fracture ability to perform activities of daily living, comorbidity, age and gender, had an impact on PA [b = 3.64, 95% confidence interval (CI): 2.20-5.23, P< 0.001] and physical function (b = 0.08, 95% CI: 0.04-0.11, P< 0.001; b = 0.12, 95% CI: 0.09-0.15, P < 0.001; and b = 0.14, 95% CI: 0.10-0.18, P < 0.001 at 1, 4 and 12months, respectively). The cognitive function did not have a considerable impact on HRQoL. For older adults with HFs, cognitive function 1month postoperatively had a significant impact on PA and physical function in the first postoperative year. For the HRQoL, little or no evidence of such an effect was found.
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