Closing the Osteoporosis Care Gap
Åkesson, Kristina E. LU and McGuigan, Fiona E.A. LU
(2021)
In Current Osteoporosis Reports
19(1).
p.58-65
- Abstract
Purpose of Review: This review outlines the scope of the problem in osteoporosis care and secondary fracture prevention and describes fracture prevention strategies, with a focus on the frail elderly. Recent Findings: Despite heightened awareness among patients and clinicians alike and the availability of efficacious anti-osteoporosis medications, osteoporosis is still underdiagnosed and undertreated. However, the introduction of systematic risk assessment and secondary fracture prevention programmes has gained momentum, and evidence of success is accumulating. Summary: We possess today the knowledge required to close the osteoporosis care gap. The basic components in a secondary prevention model are similar in all health care settings,... (More)
Purpose of Review: This review outlines the scope of the problem in osteoporosis care and secondary fracture prevention and describes fracture prevention strategies, with a focus on the frail elderly. Recent Findings: Despite heightened awareness among patients and clinicians alike and the availability of efficacious anti-osteoporosis medications, osteoporosis is still underdiagnosed and undertreated. However, the introduction of systematic risk assessment and secondary fracture prevention programmes has gained momentum, and evidence of success is accumulating. Summary: We possess today the knowledge required to close the osteoporosis care gap. The basic components in a secondary prevention model are similar in all health care settings, number one being a dedicated fracture coordinator, with anti-osteoporosis medications and multifaceted falls prevention as cornerstones, particularly in the frailest, both in the near and long-term. Initiation of structured care pathways including the key elements – identification, investigation, intervention and follow-up of adherence – demonstrably reduces re-fracture rates and is cost-effective.
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- author
- Åkesson, Kristina E.
LU
and McGuigan, Fiona E.A.
LU
- organization
- publishing date
- 2021-01-09
- type
- Contribution to journal
- publication status
- published
- subject
- keywords
- Elderly, Fracture, Fracture liaison service, Frailty, Prevention
- in
- Current Osteoporosis Reports
- volume
- 19
- issue
- 1
- pages
- 58 - 65
- publisher
- Current Science, Inc.
- external identifiers
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- scopus:85099106139
- pmid:33420632
- ISSN
- 1544-1873
- DOI
- 10.1007/s11914-020-00644-w
- language
- English
- LU publication?
- yes
- id
- 5bc83f8b-dacf-40c1-b251-21ad6af47a19
- date added to LUP
- 2021-01-19 13:44:57
- date last changed
- 2024-07-11 07:16:00
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