ArticleThe Gerontologist2011
Older men's explanatory model for osteoporosis.
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- Effectiveness and characteristics of multifaceted osteoporosis group education--a systematic review.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2014Pooled it
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- Men's experiences of having osteoporosis vertebral fractures: a qualitative study using interpretative phenomenological analyses.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019Article
- Osteoporosis prevention: where are the barriers to improvement in a French general population? A qualitative study.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2019Article
- Medication Decision-making in Osteoporosis: Can We Explain Why Patients Do Not Take Their Osteoporosis Medications?Current osteoporosis reports · 2018Review
- "Brave Men" and "Emotional Women": A Theory-Guided Literature Review on Gender Bias in Health Care and Gendered Norms towards Patients with Chronic Pain.Pain research & management · 2018Review
- Challenges in implementing and maintaining osteoporosis therapy.International journal of women's health · 2014Review
- Measuring health-related quality of life (HRQOL) in osteoporotic males using the Male OPAQ.Osteoporosis international : a journal established as result of cooperation between the European Foundation for Osteoporosis and the National Osteoporosis Foundation of the USA · 2012Article
- Living with a `women's disease': risk appraisal and management among men with osteoporosis.Journal of men's health · 2011Article
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Abstract
purposeTo explore the nature of men's experiences of osteoporosis by developing an understanding of men's explanatory models. DESIGN AND
methodsThis descriptive study invited community-residing male osteoporosis patients aged 50+ to participate in interviews about osteoporosis. Participants were recruited from a hospital-affiliated bone clinic. Men completed a questionnaire on demographic, medication, and fracture-related information, and descriptive statistics were calculated using Statistical Package for the Social Sciences. Interviews elicited the 5 domains of men's explanatory model (Kleinman, 1987) and open-ended information regarding men's experiences living with this disorder. Narrative data were analyzed both for content and inductively.
resultsMen's narratives demonstrate that an osteoporosis diagnosis is accompanied by negative psychosocial sequelae in this population. Men defined it as a disease of the bone that may increase the likelihood of fracture and that may cause pain. Participants reported that osteoporosis is diagnosed by bone mineral density (BMD) score and that disease progression is measured by a decrease in BMD and an increase in pain or new fractures. Men described a reluctance to take medications, dissatisfaction with side effects, and a perception that osteoporosis treatment in men had little basis in long-term medication efficacy or safety data. They viewed osteoporosis as a degenerative chronic disease with an overall stable course. IMPLICATIONS: Participants' explanatory models for osteoporosis are substantively different than clinical models. These differences provide a foundation for exploring the importance of gender to osteoporosis outcomes, a context for making sense of men's bone health behavior, and a clear case for an increase in advocacy and educational efforts for men who have or are at risk for osteoporosis.
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