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- Title
Health-related quality of life in Romanian postmenopausal women with osteoporosis and fragility fractures.
- Authors
Ciubean, Alina Deniza; Ungur, Rodica Ana; Irsay, Laszlo; Ciortea, Viorela Mihaela; Borda, Ileana Monica; Onac, Ioan; Vesa, Stefan Cristian; Buzoianu, Anca Dana
- Abstract
purpose of this study was to evaluate the burden of osteoporosis and fragility fractures in Romanian postmenopausal women from Cluj County using the 36-Item Short Form Health Survey (SF-36) and Quality of life questionnaire of the European Foundation for Osteoporosis (QUALEFFO-41) questionnaires. Materials and methods: An analytical cross-sectional study on 364 postmenopausal women was carried out between June 2016 and August 2017 in the Clinical Rehabilitation Hospital in Cluj-Napoca, Cluj County, Romania. Data were collected by interview and from the medical documents: clinical and demographic data, personal medical history, risk factors for osteoporosis, and bone mineral density at the lumbar spine and femur. The patients included in the study were asked to complete the Romanian versions of the SF-36 and QUALEFFO-41 questionnaires. Results: Women with osteoporosis had significantly lower scores in the SF-36 domains (P<0.001) than healthy controls. In the osteoporosis group, a significant association was found in the SF-36 pain domain, where women with a history of fracture had higher scores (P=0.035). As for QUALEFFO-41, a statistical significance was found in the total score (P<0.05), revealing a significantly lower QoL in osteoporotic women with a history of fracture. Conclusion: The SF-36 scores registered a loss of QoL in women with osteoporosis. The QUALEFFO-41 total score was significantly lower in the osteoporosis associated with fracture, revealing a lower health-related QoL in these patients.
- Subjects
ROMANIA; OSTEOPOROSIS; OSTEOPOROSIS in women; QUALITY of life; LUMBAR vertebrae; MEDICAL history taking
- Publication
Clinical Interventions in Aging, 2018, Vol 13, p2465
- ISSN
1178-1998
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.2147/CIA.S190440