Screening Tool to Predict Fractures in Real World

Screening tool to predict fractures in real world

<h2 id="intro">Introduction</h2><p>Fractures significantly impact people’s quality of life particularly in the elders. One of the most important risk factors is osteoporosis. Various screening tools are available to help predict osteoporosis and fractures.</p><h2 id="aim">Aim</h2><p>The study objective was to compare the predictive validity of three widely used screening tools, namely fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX), osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians (OSTA) and one-minute osteoporosis risk test.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="methods">Methods</h2><ul><li>11-year longitudinal study.</li><li>708 senior people from health examinees in 2010 were enrolled.&nbsp;</li><li>A standardized questionnaire and blood tests were provided.</li><li>Annual telephone interview was conducted to assess the real fracture status.</li></ul><p><strong>Assessment parameters: </strong>Risk scores of FRAX, OSTA, and one-minute osteoporosis risk test were calculated and compared with real-world fracture records.</p><h2 id="results">Results</h2><ul><li>From 2010 to 2020, a total of 105 (14.8 %) persons suffered from fractures.</li><li>Compared to people without fractures, people with fractures had higher FRAX major osteoporotic fracture risk scores, higher hip fracture risk scores, and higher OSTA risk. (Table 1).</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="https://cdn.megawecare.com/GHBY/Internal-Images/fractures-param-114346.png" width="876" height="500"></p><ul><li>Cox regression analysis showed that hazard ratios for fracture of high FRAX risk and high OSTA risk (Table 2)</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="https://cdn.megawecare.com/GHBY/Internal-Images/osteoporis-114309.png" width="876" height="500"></p><h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2><p>Only OSTA and FRAX scores were satisfactory in predicting 10-year fractures.</p>

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<h2 id="intro">Introduction</h2><p>Fractures significantly impact people’s quality of life particularly in the elders. One of the most important risk factors is osteoporosis. Various screening tools are available to help predict osteoporosis and fractures.</p><h2 id="aim">Aim</h2><p>The study objective was to compare the predictive validity of three widely used screening tools, namely fracture risk assessment tool (FRAX), osteoporosis self-assessment tool for Asians (OSTA) and one-minute osteoporosis risk test.&nbsp;</p><h2 id="methods">Methods</h2><ul><li>11-year longitudinal study.</li><li>708 senior people from health examinees in 2010 were enrolled.</li><li>A standardized questionnaire and blood tests were provided.</li><li>Annual telephone interview was conducted to assess the real fracture status.</li><li><strong>Assessment parameters</strong>: Risk scores of FRAX, OSTA, and one-minute osteoporosis risk test were calculated and compared with real-world fracture records.</li></ul><h2 id="results">Results</h2><ul><li>From 2010 to 2020, a total of 105 (14.8 %) persons suffered from fractures.</li><li>Compared to people without fractures, people with fractures had higher FRAX major osteoporotic fracture risk scores, higher hip fracture risk scores, and higher OSTA risk. (Table 1).</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="https://cdn.megawecare.com/GHBY/Internal-Images/fractures-param-114346.png" width="1194" height="296"></p><ul><li>Cox regression analysis showed that hazard ratios for fracture of high FRAX risk and high OSTA risk (Table 2).&nbsp;</li></ul><p style="text-align:center;"><img src="https://cdn.megawecare.com/GHBY/Internal-Images/iop-reduction-112541.png" width="1056" height="348"></p><h2 id="conclusion">Conclusion</h2><p>Only OSTA and FRAX scores were satisfactory in predicting 10-year fractures.</p>

<ul><li><a href="#intro">Introduction</a></li><li><a href="#aim">Aim</a></li><li><a href="#methods">Methods</a></li><li><a href="#results">Results</a></li><li><a href="#conclusion">Conclusion</a></li></ul>

Screening tool to predict fractures in real world

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