{"title":"Unmet need in osteoporosis.","authors":"H Kerr, H Capell","doi":"","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Objective: </strong>To audit the management of females presenting to Accident and Emergency department with a diagnosis of low impact Colles fracture.</p><p><strong>Design: </strong>Telephone questionnaire of 50 patients who attended A & E in 1998 with diagnosis of Colles fracture</p><p><strong>Setting: </strong>Glasgow Royal Infirmary within North Glasgow catchment area.</p><p><strong>Subjects: </strong>Women between 45-79 years of age who attended Accident and Emergency Department in 1998 with a diagnosis of low impact Colles fracture.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>Mean age was 63 years (range 44-78): ninety percent were post menopausal and 40% of the total group were smokers. Twenty six percent had a positive family history of osteoporosis, 24% had undergone hysterectomy and 88% took no part in any load bearing exercise. Ten percent (n = 5) were on treatment (1 alendronate, 3 etidronate with calcium, 1 hormone replacement therapy)</p><p><strong>Conclusion: </strong>A significant proportion of our study population have multiple risk factors for osteoporosis which are not being addressed. Raising awareness in orthopaedic surgeons, family doctors and patients is urgently required.</p>","PeriodicalId":75896,"journal":{"name":"Health bulletin","volume":"58 5","pages":"421-3"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2000-09-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"Health bulletin","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Objective: To audit the management of females presenting to Accident and Emergency department with a diagnosis of low impact Colles fracture.
Design: Telephone questionnaire of 50 patients who attended A & E in 1998 with diagnosis of Colles fracture
Setting: Glasgow Royal Infirmary within North Glasgow catchment area.
Subjects: Women between 45-79 years of age who attended Accident and Emergency Department in 1998 with a diagnosis of low impact Colles fracture.
Results: Mean age was 63 years (range 44-78): ninety percent were post menopausal and 40% of the total group were smokers. Twenty six percent had a positive family history of osteoporosis, 24% had undergone hysterectomy and 88% took no part in any load bearing exercise. Ten percent (n = 5) were on treatment (1 alendronate, 3 etidronate with calcium, 1 hormone replacement therapy)
Conclusion: A significant proportion of our study population have multiple risk factors for osteoporosis which are not being addressed. Raising awareness in orthopaedic surgeons, family doctors and patients is urgently required.
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