Functional improvement of self-care in the elderly after hip fracture: is age a factor?

Introduction The aging population is growing rapidly in Asia resulting in an increased number of hip fractures being managed surgically. Though there is evidence of improved quality of patient care and outcomes with well-established models of care, we do not know if the functional recovery in activities of daily living among this group of patients is also dependant on age. We hypothesize that there will be a difference in Modified Barthel Index (MBI) scores between the ‘older old’ (>85 years) and the ‘younger old’ (<85 years).