Assessment of grouping variable should have been blind in trial of dementia

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BMJ 2001;322:1491 ( 16 June )

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Assessment of grouping variable should have been blind in trial of dementia

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EDITOR $---$ Huusko et al studied the effect of intensive geriatric rehabilitation on dementia patients with hip fracture.¹ Thereported study was probably the first randomised study with predeterminedsubgroup analysis according to the degree of dementia in thisgrowing patient group. The degree of dementia was classified bythe score on the minimental state examination.² The medianlength of hospital stay of patients with hip fracture who hadmoderate dementia was 47 days in the intervention group and 147days in the control group (P=0.04). The corresponding values forpatients with mild dementia were 29 days in the intervention groupand 46.5 days in the control group (P=0.002).

Huusko et al concluded that patients with hip fracture and mild or moderate dementia can often return to the community ifthey are provided with active geriatric rehabilitation. Pioneeringwork is never easy. Even though the study seemed to be well conducted,the patients . . . [Full text of this article]

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