A team approach: implementing a model of care for preventing osteoporosis related fractures

Abstract

A multipronged systematic team approach to identifying and capturing patients with a high risk of refracture and a dedicated nurse coordinator role has created efficiencies in the detection and management of osteoporosis.

Mind the (treatment) gap: a global perspective on current and future strategies for prevention of fragility fractures

“…It should be noted that vertebral fractures make up only a small proportion of FLS case loads [38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45], as shown in table 3. This is an important shortcoming which must be addressed because vertebral fractures are the most common fragility fracture and are underdiagnosed throughout the world [46].…”

Oppfølging gir færre hoftebrudd

“…Flere studier peker på et gap mellom den kunnskapen vi har om hoftebrudd og den behandlingen som gis i etterkant av et brudd (25)(26)(27). Til tross for dette blir mange eldre med hoftebrudd ikke undersøkt for osteoporose, og får derfor heller ikke adekvat behandling (4).…”

The Role of Fracture Liaison Services in Re-Fracture Prevention

“…Since 2000, there have been thirteen studies published describing a 'type A' model of care, heralding from Australia (four studies - Kuo et al, 2007;Vaile et al, 2007;Giles et al, 2010; www.intechopen.com…”

“…There have been four publications from Australia describing a 'Type A' intervention [Kuo et al, 2007;Vaile et al, 2007;Giles et al, 2010;Lih et al, 2011]. Individual hospital Fracture Liaison Services have grown over the last decade, out of individuals "championing" the cause of patients after a minimal trauma fracture.…”

“…There have been two 'before and after' type studies [Kuo et al, 2007;Vaille et al, 2007], one cross-sectional study [Giles et al, 2010], and one prospective controlled study [Lih et al, 2011]. All studies were from Eastern New South Wales.…”