The relationship between nutritional assessment on admission, improvement of ADL,and rate of home return in hip fracture patients

Abstract

The geriatric nutritional risk index (GNRI) is a well-established tool to assess nutritional risk. We assessed the association between GNRI, ADL, and the rates of returning home for hospitalized patients with proximal femur fractures. Results indicated that patients with high-GNRI scores significantly improved Grooming, Walking/Wheelchair, and Stairs on the Functional Independence Measure. However, there was no correlation between GNRI and the rate of returning home on the Logistic Regression Analysis. GNRI scores can predict the improvement of ADL for geriatric patients with proximal femur fractures.