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Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women
BACKGROUND: The study aimed to describe the characteristics of women treated for recently-diagnosed osteoporosis, to identify variables associated with different treatment regimens and to assess impact on quality of life. METHODS: This is an observational, cross-sectional pharmacoepidemiological stu...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034724/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21226917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-7 |
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author | Cortet, Bernard Blotman, Francis Debiais, Françoise Huas, Dominique Mercier, Florence Rousseaux, Chantal Berger, Véronique Gaudin, Anne-Françoise Cotté, François-Emery |
author_facet | Cortet, Bernard Blotman, Francis Debiais, Françoise Huas, Dominique Mercier, Florence Rousseaux, Chantal Berger, Véronique Gaudin, Anne-Françoise Cotté, François-Emery |
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description | BACKGROUND: The study aimed to describe the characteristics of women treated for recently-diagnosed osteoporosis, to identify variables associated with different treatment regimens and to assess impact on quality of life. METHODS: This is an observational, cross-sectional pharmacoepidemiological study performed in France. A random sample of 684 general practitioners, gynaecologists and rheumatologists included the first three post-menopausal osteoporotic women consulting in the previous six months on the basis of densitometry or fracture. Data on osteoporosis, fracture risk factors, treatments and comorbidities was collected with a physician questionnaire. Data on quality of life was collected using the SF-12. RESULTS: Data were analysed for 1,306 patients, of whom 1,117 (85.5%) had been evaluated by densitometry within the previous six months and 554 (42.4%) had experienced a fracture, most frequently of the spine or wrist within the previous six months. Osteoporotic fracture risk factors were reported in 1,028 women (78.7%). 746 women (57.1%) were currently receiving treatment, most frequently weekly or monthly bisphosphonates. Five variables were associated with prescription choice: age (p < 0.0001), physician speciality (p < 0.0001), previous fracture history (p = 0.0002), ongoing treatment at the time of consultation (p = 0.0091) and paraclinical investigations performed in the previous six months (p = 0.0060). SF-12 scores were lower in women complaining of pain, with recent fractures and with spine or hip fractures and in women consulting rheumatologists. CONCLUSIONS: A high proportion of women diagnosed with osteoporosis had been evaluated by densitometry, in agreement with national guidelines. Treatment choice varied between physician groups. |
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spelling | pubmed-30347242011-02-08 Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women Cortet, Bernard Blotman, Francis Debiais, Françoise Huas, Dominique Mercier, Florence Rousseaux, Chantal Berger, Véronique Gaudin, Anne-Françoise Cotté, François-Emery BMC Musculoskelet Disord Research Article BACKGROUND: The study aimed to describe the characteristics of women treated for recently-diagnosed osteoporosis, to identify variables associated with different treatment regimens and to assess impact on quality of life. METHODS: This is an observational, cross-sectional pharmacoepidemiological study performed in France. A random sample of 684 general practitioners, gynaecologists and rheumatologists included the first three post-menopausal osteoporotic women consulting in the previous six months on the basis of densitometry or fracture. Data on osteoporosis, fracture risk factors, treatments and comorbidities was collected with a physician questionnaire. Data on quality of life was collected using the SF-12. RESULTS: Data were analysed for 1,306 patients, of whom 1,117 (85.5%) had been evaluated by densitometry within the previous six months and 554 (42.4%) had experienced a fracture, most frequently of the spine or wrist within the previous six months. Osteoporotic fracture risk factors were reported in 1,028 women (78.7%). 746 women (57.1%) were currently receiving treatment, most frequently weekly or monthly bisphosphonates. Five variables were associated with prescription choice: age (p < 0.0001), physician speciality (p < 0.0001), previous fracture history (p = 0.0002), ongoing treatment at the time of consultation (p = 0.0091) and paraclinical investigations performed in the previous six months (p = 0.0060). SF-12 scores were lower in women complaining of pain, with recent fractures and with spine or hip fractures and in women consulting rheumatologists. CONCLUSIONS: A high proportion of women diagnosed with osteoporosis had been evaluated by densitometry, in agreement with national guidelines. Treatment choice varied between physician groups. BioMed Central 2011-01-12 /pmc/articles/PMC3034724/ /pubmed/21226917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-7 Text en Copyright ©2011 Cortet et al; licensee BioMed Central Ltd. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0 This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution License (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0), which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited. |
spellingShingle | Research Article Cortet, Bernard Blotman, Francis Debiais, Françoise Huas, Dominique Mercier, Florence Rousseaux, Chantal Berger, Véronique Gaudin, Anne-Françoise Cotté, François-Emery Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
title | Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
title_full | Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
title_fullStr | Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
title_full_unstemmed | Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
title_short | Management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
title_sort | management of osteoporosis and associated quality of life in post menopausal women |
topic | Research Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC3034724/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/21226917 http://dx.doi.org/10.1186/1471-2474-12-7 |
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