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ArticleJournal of osteoporosis2014

Treatment for Osteoporosis among Women in Japan: Associations with Patient Characteristics and Patient-Reported Outcomes in the 2008-2011 Japan National Health and Wellness Surveys.

Masayo Sato, Jeffrey Vietri, Jennifer A Flynn, Saeko Fujiwara

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Article in Journal of osteoporosis, 2014. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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4 authors.

Masayo SatoEli Lilly K.K., Lilly Research Laboratories, Kobe 651-0086, Japan.ORCID 0000-0002-6107-9731
Jeffrey VietriKantar Health, Health Outcomes Practice, Via Paleocapa 7, 20121 Milan, Italy.ORCID 0000-0002-5610-3098
Jennifer A FlynnEli Lilly K.K., Lilly Research Laboratories, Kobe 651-0086, Japan.
Saeko FujiwaraHiroshima Atomic Bomb Casualty Council, Hiroshima 730-0052, Japan.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

This study was conducted to identify characteristics associated with treatment for osteoporosis among women aged 50 years and older in Japan and to explore differences among patients according to treatment regimen. Data were provided by a large annual survey representative of Japanese aged 18 and older; all measures were by self-report. Women aged 50 and older who reported diagnosed osteoporosis (N = 900) were compared based on current treatment status using bivariate statistics and logistic regression. Approximately 1 in 3 women in this study reporting diagnosed osteoporosis were currently untreated. Factors associated with current treatment for osteoporosis included having ≥1 physician visit in the prior 6 months (OR = 5.4, P < 0.001), self-rated moderate or severe osteoporosis (OR = 2.8, P < 0.001), completion of menopause (OR = 1.6, P < 0.05), and family history of osteoporosis (OR = 1.5, P < 0.05), while longer duration of osteoporosis diagnosis (OR = 0.9, P < 0.05) and arthritis (OR = 0.7, P < 0.05) were associated with lower odds of treatment. These findings suggest that diagnosed patients are not being actively managed in the longer term, and efforts need to be made to ensure that patients stay engaged with their healthcare providers.

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PMCPMC4284929

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