Women’s perspectives regarding osteoporosis, fracture risk, and pharmacologic treatment: a cross-sectional study
Authors' conclusion
Menopausal women are concerned about bone loss and fractures. Many women would consider early menopausal pharmacotherapy, with the goals of preserving bone health and lowering their risk of fractures.
Study context
- Population
- Canadian women aged ≥ 45 years966 completed
- Participants
- 1,195 women
- Exposure
- Early menopausal women vs older women
- Early menopausaln = 98
- Outcome
- Proportion of early menopausal respondents worried about bone loss and fractures
Methodological detailselectronic survey, recruited via Facebook advertisement
- Electronic survey
- Recruited via Facebook advertisement
Main finding
As reported in the abstract
Worried about future fractures (early menopausal)
Early menopausal
42%
38
- Worried about prior BMD scan results: 9 of 25
- 36%
Observational data: associations, not effects.
Secondary outcomes
- Worried about BMD results, among those with a prior BMD scan (early menopausal)
- 36% · 9 of 25 of 98
Responses, early menopausal vs older women
- Responses were comparable between early menopausal women and older women
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Original publication
Women’s perspectives regarding osteoporosis, fracture risk, and pharmacologic treatment: a cross-sectional study. Osteoporos Int. Published 22 August 2023. doi:10.
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