Mental disorders and osteoporosis treatment in patients with hip fracture—a Danish population-based cohort study
Authors' conclusion
AOM initiation following hip fracture remains suboptimal. Patients with mental disorders were less likely to initiate AOM after hip fracture, highlighting a persistent gap in secondary fracture prevention among vulnerable populations.
Study context
- Population
- Patients aged ≥ 65 with first-time hip fracture 2010–2020 and no recent anti-osteoporosis medication (AOM) use, Danish medical registries
- Participants
- 57,887 patients
- Exposure
- Mental disorder categories vs no mental disorder
- Outcome
- Cumulative incidence of AOM initiation (pharmacy dispensations and hospital treatment codes), death as a competing risk
- Follow-up
- 1 year
Methodological detailsregistry-based, death as a competing risk
- Registry-based
- Death as a competing risk
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
AOM initiation after hip fracture, cumulative incidence functions (CIF)
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Further findings
AOM initiation by subgroup
- Higher initiation in patients < 80 years, females, with previous fractures, less somatic comorbidity, no other mental comorbidities, cohabiting in own home, and more recent calendar years
Original publication
Mental disorders and osteoporosis treatment in patients with hip fracture—a Danish population-based cohort study. Osteoporos Int. Published 9 April 2026. doi:10.
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