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Sponsor: Université de Sherbrooke
Conditions: Osteoporosis, Fractures
Interventions: Control group, Minimal Intervention, Intensive Intervention
Countries: Canada
Osteoporosis is a very frequent and easily treatable disease. Rates of treatment of affected patients is very low, as few high risk patients initiate treatment and only a minority of those pursue treatment for long enough time to prevent fractures. Patients presenting a fragility fracture after 50 years of age are at high risk of osteoporosis and may represent the ideal group of patients in which intervention aimed at improving initiation and persistence on treatment will be most effective. Our first hypothesis is that the availability of a dedicated nurse practitioner to identify patients with fragility fractures among patients presenting at fracture clinics of orthopedic surgeons will increase markedly the rate of identification of osteoporosis. Our second hypothesis is that giving to both the patient and its primary health practitioner (PHP) the patient's clinical, biological and radiological data along with individualized care suggestions will yield significantly better results than giving to the patient and its PHP generic information on osteoporosis risk, investigation and treatment.
Sex: ALL
Age: 50 Years to 95 Years
Healthy volunteers: No
Study type: INTERVENTIONAL
Inclusion Criteria: * Over 50 years of age * Fragility fracture * Consulting an orthopedic surgeon at the CHUS for treatment of the fracture Exclusion Criteria: * No Primary Care Practitioner * Severe co-morbidity requiring specialized care * Failure to consent
- Sherbrooke, Quebec, Canada