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This is a survey study concerning osteoporosis care during the COVID-19 pandemic in the Netherlands. Respondents reported that osteoporosis care stagnated and lower quality of care was provided. This leads to the conclusion that standardization of osteoporosis care delivery in situations of crisis is needed.
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During the initial phase of t...
Low adherence for denosumab (Dmab, Prolia®) is of major concern. Dutch pharmacies deliveries were calculated recently being 76.5% for a total of 3 injections.IntroductionComparing a model where the prescriber maintains responsibility for adherence (model HC1) (Dmab is purchased and dispensed by patient’s own community pharmacy and administered thro...
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Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) managed secondary fracture prevention progression has become hampered in the COVID-19 pandemic. A challenging opportunity is to use pulse-echo ultrasound (P-EU) in the plaster room. The study has two objectives: can P-EU help our decision to justly skip DXA/VFA scans in plaster treated women (50–70 years)...
A pilot study on the use of P-EU to identify patients without osteoporosis and/or a subclinical vertebral fracture after a recently sustained non-vertebral fracture (NVF).IntroductionScreening with portable devices at emergency departments or plaster rooms could be of interest to limit referrals for dual X-ray absorptiometry (DXA) and vertebral fra...
This study aimed to gain insight in specific characteristics and beliefs of FLS non-responders.IntroductionThe proportion of non-responding fracture liaison service (FLS) invitees is high but characteristics of FLS non-responders are unknown.Methods
We contacted FLS non-responders by telephone to consent with home visit (HV) and to fill in a questi...
This questionnaire-based study evaluated the reasons for attendance or non-attendance at the fracture liaison service in patients with a recent fracture. Frailty, male sex, living alone, and low education were associated with non-attendance, and the information perceived by the patient was associated with attendance.
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The purpose of th...
Telephone call intervention did not improve alendronate persistence in Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) patients in this study. A bone turnover marker cut-off point for alendronate persistence is proposed for individual FLS patients. IntroductionFLS aims to prevent subsequent fractures, which should include improving patients’ persistence with prescr...
The Fracture Liaison Service (FLS) is advocated to be effective for the prevention of secondary fractures, but implementation is variable. A questionnaire based on the International Osteoporosis Foundation (IOF) Capture the Fracture® FLS standards was used in the current study. The results showed high compliancy with the IOF standards in the Dutch...
Recommendations for daily calcium intake from dairy products are variable and based on local consensus. To investigate whether patients with a recent fracture complied with these recommendations, we quantified the daily dairy calcium intake including milk, milk drinks, pudding, yoghurt, and cheese in a Dutch cohort of fracture patients and compared...
To report risk factors, 1-year and overall risk for a contralateral hip and other osteoporosis-related fractures in a hip fracture population.
An observational study on 1,229 consecutive patients of 50 years and older, who sustained a hip fracture between January 2005 and June 2009. Fractures were scored retrospectively for 2005-2008 and prospectiv...
