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- Title
Osteoporosis and fragility fractures: risk assessment, management and prevention.
- Authors
Walker, Jennie
- Abstract
Osteoporosis is a chronic skeletal condition characterised by low bone mass and microarchitectural deterioration of the bones that disproportionately affects older people. Older people with osteoporosis are at increased risk of sustaining fragility fractures, and this risk is compounded by factors such as falls and frailty. Fragility fractures can have several physical and psychological effects, potentially affecting an older person's quality of life and reducing their life expectancy. Therefore, it is important that nurses can identify individuals at risk of osteoporosis and recognise the factors that may predict fragility fractures. This article outlines the main risk factors for osteoporosis and details the assessment and management of patients with this condition. It also explains the pharmacological interventions and lifestyle changes that can reduce the risk of fragility fractures in older people with osteoporosis.
- Subjects
OSTEOPOROSIS diagnosis; BONE fractures -- Psychological aspects; BONE fracture prevention; OSTEOPOROSIS prevention; OSTEOPOROSIS treatment; VITAMINS; FRAIL elderly; PAIN; DIPHOSPHONATES; LIFE expectancy; NUTRITION; PROFESSIONAL employee training; CONTINUING education units; MUSCULOSKELETAL system; PUBLIC health; DIET; OSTEOPOROSIS; RISK assessment; ACCIDENTAL falls; QUALITY of life; HEALTH behavior; BONE density; ALTERNATIVE medicine; CERTIFICATION; DISEASE management; BONE fractures; BEHAVIOR modification; HEALTH promotion; PAIN management; EXERCISE therapy; RECORDING &; registration; DISEASE risk factors; DISEASE complications; OLD age
- Publication
Nursing Older People, 2020, Vol 32, Issue 1, p34
- ISSN
1472-0795
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.7748/nop.2019.e1153