Pharmacological management of osteoporosis in nursing home residents: the Shelter study

The prevalence of osteoporosis is estimated at 75 million in United States, Europe and Japan [1] and this is about 13.5% to 24.2% is nursing home residents in united states. [2] About two third of people with osteoporosis are women. With increasing life expectancy, the prevalence of osteoporosis increases [3] The main problem of osteoporosis is the increased risk of fractures. Osteoporotic fractures can have serious consequences such as chronic pain, reduced quality of life, increased dependence on others, depression, anxiety and alterations in self-esteem and increased mortality.[4,5,6,7,8]

Source: Maturitas - October 31, 2020 Category: Primary Care Authors: Alireza Malek Makan, Hein van Hout, Graziano Onder, Henri ëtte van der Roest, Harriet Finne-Soveri, Eva Topinková, Michael Denkinger, Jacob Gindin, Rob van Marum Source Type: research