Prevalence of depression and anxiety and associated factors among geriatric orthopedic trauma inpatients: A cross-sectional study
Jia-Lei Chen, Rong Luo, Ming Liu
Abstract
BACKGROUND: Common mental disorders such as anxiety and depression in geriatric orthopedic trauma patients have received little attention in research. AIM: To investigate the prevalence of emotional disorders among geriatric orthopedic trauma patients and identify demographic, social and clinical risk factors. METHODS: test. Binary logistic regression analyses were used to identify the factors associated with a HEI score > 8. RESULTS: < 0.001) were the related independent risk factors. CONCLUSION: Emotional disorders are common in geriatric patients with orthopedic trauma. Clinicians should remain vigilant of emotional disorders in geriatric patients and screen for anxiety and depression in higher risk groups.