Health-related quality of life and its determinants among patients with hip fracture after surgery in Myanmar.

BACKGROUND

Hip fracture has been regarded as a significant international health problem because of its negative impacts on things such as Health-Related Quality of Life (HRQOL). The determinants of HRQOL among patients with hip fracture after surgery during transition of recovery are still not clearly understood.

OBJECTIVE

To study HRQOL factors and determine the predictive power of elements such as age, gender, co-morbid disease, Body Mass Index (BMI), depression or social support on HRQOL among patients with hip fracture after surgery in Myanmar.

DESIGN

Descriptive correlational predictive study.

SETTING

Yangon Orthopaedic Hospital and Mandalay Orthopaedic Hospital in Myanmar.

RESULTS

The mean age was 60 years (range = 18-91). The level of HRQOL at the 6th week after surgery was moderate. In stepwise multiple regression analysis, gender (β = -.109, p = .044), depressive symptoms (β = -.564, p = .000) and social support (β = .287, p = .000) were the determinants of HRQOL. These three factors accounted for 59.1% of variance to explain HRQOL.

CONCLUSION

In order to facilitate a healthy transition, comprehensive rehabilitation, including depressive symptoms screening and enhancing social support, and the health care services with less cost and psychosocial support especially for women, are recommended.