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Still, in the case of hip fractures of the elderly, shorter follow-up might be more practical, since the life expectancy of these patients is often short. The aim of this study was to see if a short four months follow-up period would be acceptable in hip fracture surveys.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Material and Methods:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Information on 196 consecutive non-pathological hip fracture patients aged 50 years or over (mean 79 years) was collected using a standardised hip fracture audit concentrating on functional measurements at admission and at four and twelve months' follow-ups.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Results:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>167 patients were alive at four months and 152 and at one year. The patients who died between four and twelve months had poorer functional capacity in the four-month evaluation than those who survived one year. The analysis of repeated measures, including only the patients alive at the last follow-up, showed that residential status, use of walking aids and 6 out of 10 and ADL variables (bathing, toileting, shopping, household activities, doing laundry, banking) did not change significantly. Walking ability and the rest 4 ADL variables (dressing, eating, food preparation, use of transportation) improved and pain decreased.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>\n                  <jats:sec>\n                    <jats:title>Conclusions:<\/jats:title>\n                    <jats:p>Due to high mortality and age-related deterioration of functioning, no steady state i.e. \u201cfinal result\u201d is ever reached after hip fracture in the elderly. Four-month follow-up is justified as the shortest possible period, because the socioeconomically most important variable, i.e. place of living, and most of the ADL functions do not change significantly after that.<\/jats:p>\n                  <\/jats:sec>","DOI":"10.1177\/145749690509400115","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2017,1,11]],"date-time":"2017-01-11T18:27:05Z","timestamp":1484159225000},"page":"59-66","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":31,"title":["Four or Twelve Months' Follow-Up in the Evaluation of Functional Outcome after Hip Fracture Surgery?"],"prefix":"10.1177","volume":"94","author":[{"given":"T.","family":"Heikkinen","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Oulu University Hospital of Oulu Department of Orthopaedic and Trauma Surgery, Finland"}],"role":[{"role":"author","vocabulary":"crossref"}]},{"given":"P.","family":"Jalovaara","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"University of Oulu University Hospital of Oulu 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