Journal article
Patient preferences for nutritional supplementation to improve fracture healing: a discrete choice experiment
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: Vitamin D is often prescribed as an adjuvant therapy to aid fracture healing due to its biological role in bone health. However, the optimal frequency, dosage and duration of vitamin D supplementation for non-osteoporotic fracture healing has not been established. The objective of this study was to determine patient preferences for fracture healing relative to hypothetical vitamin D supplementation dosing options.
DESIGN: Discrete …
Authors
Nichols E; O'Hara NN; Degani Y; Sprague SA; Adachi JD; Bhandari M; Holick MF; Connelly DW; Slobogean GP
Journal
BMJ Open, Vol. 8, No. 4,
Publisher
BMJ
Publication Date
April 2018
DOI
10.1136/bmjopen-2017-019685
ISSN
2044-6055