TY - JOUR T1 - Intensive geriatric rehabilitation reduced hospital stay and time to independent living in hip fracture patients with mild to moderate dementia JF - Evidence Based Nursing JO - Evid Based Nurs SP - 54 LP - 54 DO - 10.1136/ebn.4.2.54 VL - 4 IS - 2 A2 - , Y1 - 2001/04/01 UR - http://ebn.bmj.com/content/4/2/54.abstract N2 - Huusko TM, Karppi P, Avikainen V, et al.Randomised, clinically controlled trial of intensive geriatric rehabilitation in patients with hip fracture: subgroup analysis of patients with dementia.BMJ2000 Nov 4;321:1107–11OpenUrlAbstract/FREE Full Text QUESTION: In hip fracture patients with dementia, is intensive geriatric rehabilitation (IGR) effective and does its effectiveness vary with degree of dementia? Preplanned subgroup analysis of a randomised (unclear allocation concealment), unblinded, controlled trial with 1 year of follow up.Jyväskylä Central Hospital, Finland.260 independently living patients ≥65 years of age (mean age 80 y, 72% women) who were admitted to hospital with a hip fracture. Exclusion criteria were inability to walk unaided before the fracture, pathological fractures, multiple fractures, serious early complications, receiving calcitonin treatment, or terminal illness. 238 patients (92%) completed the study.After surgery for hip fracture, 130 patients were allocated to IGR, which consisted of providing advice, training, drug treatment, physiotherapy, occupational … ER -