ReviewDrugs & aging2004
The impact of fragility fracture on health-related quality of life : the importance of antifracture therapy.
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- Association between body composition and bone mineral density in community-dwelling older adults from Chile: a sex-stratified DXA-based cross-sectional study.BMC geriatrics · 2026Article
- The influence of socioeconomic position on patient-reported outcome measures following hip fractures - a register-based observational study on 35,206 patients from the Norwegian hip fracture register 2014-2018.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2025Observational
- The Effectiveness of Three-Dimensional Osteosynthesis Plates versus Conventional Plates for the Treatment of Skeletal Fractures: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis.Journal of clinical medicine · 2023Review
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- Engineering microdent structures of bone implant surfaces to enhance osteogenic activity in MSCs.Biochemistry and biophysics reports · 2017Article
- Health-related quality of life after vertebral or hip fracture: a seven-year follow-up study.BMC musculoskeletal disorders · 2009Article
- Low-intensity pulsed ultrasound: Fracture healing.Indian journal of orthopaedics · 2009Article
- Historical height loss, vertebral deformity, and health-related quality of life in Hiroshima cohort study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2007Article
- Determinants of health-related quality of life in women with vertebral fractures.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2006Article
- Quality of life in post-menopausal osteoporosis.Health and quality of life outcomes · 2005Article
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Abstract
Both general and specific health status instruments can be utilised in evaluating health-related quality of life (HR-QOL) deficits resulting from osteoporotic fractures. Osteoporotic hip, vertebral and wrist fractures significantly decrease HR-QOL in most HR-QOL domains investigated. The presence of multiple vertebral fractures leads to larger decrements in HR-QOL. More research needs to be completed with these HR-QOL tools to better assess the true burden of osteoporotic fractures, particularly in the case of hip fractures, as the burden is surely being underestimated without recognition of HR-QOL. Only when the burden of fragility fractures is understood, inclusive of HR-QOL, will the value of proven antifracture prevention and treatment therapies be appreciated. Information collected by HR-QOL instruments may provide new insight as to how to improve quality of life for patients with fractures and how to properly allocate healthcare spending.
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