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We examined its ability to predict health outcomes among patients admitted with hip fractures to a single hospital between January 2018 and June 2019.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Methods<\/jats:title><jats:p>the 4AT was performed within 1\u00a0day after hip surgery. A 4AT score of 0 means unlikely delirium or severe cognitive impairment (reference group); a score of 1\u20133 suggests possible chronic cognitive impairment, without excluding possibility of delirium; a score\u2009\u2265\u20094 suggests delirium with or without chronic cognitive impairment. Logistic regression, adjusted for: age; sex; nutritional status; co-morbidities; polypharmacy; and anticholinergic burden, used the 4AT to predict mobility, length of stay (LOS), mortality and discharge destination, compared with the reference group.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Results<\/jats:title><jats:p>from 537 (392 women, 145 men: mean\u2009=\u200983.7\u2009\u00b1\u2009standard deviation [SD]\u2009=\u20098.8\u00a0years) consecutive patients, 522 completed the 4AT; 132 (25%) had prolonged LOS (&amp;gt;2 weeks) and 36 (6.8%) died in hospital. Risk of failure to mobilise within 1\u00a0day of surgery was increased with a 4AT score\u2009\u2265\u20094 (OR\u2009=\u20092.4, 95% confidence interval [CI]\u2009=\u20091.3\u20134.3). Prolonged LOS was increased with 4AT scores of 1\u20133 (OR\u2009=\u20092.4, 95%CI\u2009=\u20091.4\u20134.1) or\u2009\u22654 (OR\u2009=\u20093.1, 95%CI\u2009=\u20091.9\u20136.7). In-patient mortality was increased with a 4AT score\u2009\u2265\u20094 (OR\u2009=\u20093.1, 95%CI\u2009=\u20091.2\u20138.2) but not with a 4AT score of 1\u20133. Change of residence on discharge was increased with a 4AT score\u2009\u2265\u20094 (OR\u2009=\u20093.1, 95%CI\u2009=\u20091.4\u20136.8). These associations persisted after excluding patients with dementia. 4AT score\u2009=\u20091\u20133 and \u2265\u20094 associated with increased LOS by 3 and 6\u00a0days, respectively.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec><jats:sec><jats:title>Conclusions<\/jats:title><jats:p>for older adults with hip fracture, the 4AT independently predicts immobility, prolonged LOS, death in hospital and change in residence on discharge.<\/jats:p><\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1093\/ageing\/afz161","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2019,11,19]],"date-time":"2019-11-19T04:33:42Z","timestamp":1574138022000},"page":"411-417","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":34,"title":["Associations of 4AT with mobility, length of stay and mortality in hospital and discharge destination among patients admitted with hip fractures"],"prefix":"10.1093","volume":"49","author":[{"given":"Radcliffe","family":"Lisk","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Orthogeriatrics, Ashford and St Peter\u2019s NHS 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