To examine the relationship between individual characteristics and potential correlates of elder abuse in older adults who present with fractures.Cross-sectional analysis of deidentified data extracted from medical records.Academic medical center.Individuals aged 65 and with a primary diagnosis of any fracture admitted to an outpatient department or emergency department (ED) in a single southern California medical center over a 36-month period (N = 652).Participant characteristics included demographic characteristics, number of medical visits, and point of service. Corresponding International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9) codes, E-codes, and V-codes were extracted to identify cause, location, and type of fracture. The presence of 13 potential correlates of abuse as captured by ICD-9 codes were extracted and summed. Descriptive statistics and regression models were used for analyses.Mean age of participants was 77.2, 58

作者：Melanie W, Gironda；Annie L, Nguyen；Laura M, Mosqueda

来源：Journal of the American Geriatrics Society 2016 年 64卷 8期